16. So this one, a daughter of Abraham incapacitated by satan for eighteen years, shouldn’t she be set free from this imprisonment on Yom Shabbat?”
17. When Yeshua said these things, all His opponents were put to shame; but the whole crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things done by Him.
18. So Yeshua was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
19. It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and dropped into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
20. Again He said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
21. It is like hametz, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.
22. And He continued on His journey through the towns and villages, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.
23. And someone said to Him, “Master, are only a few being saved?” Then Yeshua said to them,
24. “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
25. Once the Master of the household gets up and shuts the door, and you’re standing outside and begin knocking on the door, saying, ‘Master, open up for us,’ then He will say to you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’
26. Then you will start to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your company, and You taught in our streets.’