And again he said, ‘To what shall I liken the reign of God?
‘And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,
Another simile he set before them, saying: ‘The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,
And he said, ‘To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.’