17. And when He said this, all His opponents were put to shame. And all the crowd rejoiced for all the splendid works being done by Him.
18. Therefore He said, “What is the reign of Elohim like? And to what shall I compare it?
19. “It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his garden. And it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the heavens nested in its branches.”
20. And again He said, “To what shall I compare the reign of Elohim?
21. “It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened.”
22. And He was going through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Yerushalayim,
23. and someone said to Him, “Master, are there few who are being saved?” And He said to them,
24. “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, shall seek to enter in and shall not be able.
25. “When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Master, Master, open for us,’ and He shall answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’
26. then you shall begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’
27. “But He shall say, ‘I say to you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness.’
28. “There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Aḇraham and Yitsḥaq and Ya‛aqoḇ and all the prophets in the reign of Elohim, and yourselves thrown outside.
29. “And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and sit down in the reign of Elohim.