(13:33) This single-verse parable is the last one in the parable discourse that directly indicates the crowds as the addressees (13:24, 31). The introductory words of likeness of the kingdom by Jesus are the same as the previous parable (13:32). The previous two parables were about a man planting in his field something that grew, with this parable comparing a woman taking yeast and putting it into wheat flour and leavening the whole batch. In each of these three parables, the