Parable of the Leaven

Jesus Himself spoke of its power in the parables of the leaven and the mustard seed.

In Matthew and Luke, this parable is followed by the Parable of the Leaven.

The Parable of the Leaven also has a theme about the Kingdom of Heaven growing from small beginnings.

The study in question shows that children 5-12 years of age can recognize, enjoy, and use The Parable of the Leaven, to create existential meaning about their lives.

The Parable of the Leaven (also called the Parable of the yeast) is one of the shorter parables of Jesus.

The Parable of the Leaven (which in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke immediately follows) shares this theme of large growth from small beginnings.

Although Jesus has distinguished between people who are part of the Kingdom of Heaven and those who are not, this difference may not always be readily apparent, as the parable of the Leaven indicates.

In the Parable of the Lost Coin and the Parable of the Leaven, Jesus presents his own work and the growth of the Kingdom of God in terms of a woman and her domestic work.

Joel B. Green writes of the Parable of the Leaven that Jesus "asks people - male or female, privileged or peasant, it does not matter - to enter the domain of a first-century woman and household cook in order to gain perspective on the domain of God."

The scholars of the Seminar noted parallels with the parable of the leaven, which immediately precedes the parable of the empty jar in the Gospel of Thomas and the parable of the mustard seed: in all three the kingdom starts with something "unnoticed or unexpected or modest".