NEW TESTAMENT

Luke 13:21

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It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

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Verse 21. The flour represents us Christians, who receive the Lord Jesus into the inner parts of our soul, till we are all inflamed with the fire of his heavenly wisdom. Saint Ambrose.

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literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 liters or a bit more than a bushel.

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