kjv@Luke:13:17@ And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
kjv@Luke:13:18@ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
kjv@Luke:13:19@ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
kjv@Luke:13:20@ And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
kjv@Luke:13:21@ It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
If connected in context to the rest of the remainder of the chapter we'd see that this astounding kingdom growth is a result of a caregivers' nurturing care towards repentance (even by calamity), the bounds of Satan being identified and loosed, legalism and tradition and religious expectation being loosed, certain adversaries being shamed in their confrontation, and praise of the multitude for what He has done. Not a bad summation of the Gospel...eh?
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