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.’
27. But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Get away from Me, all of you evildoers!’”
28. “There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
29. And they will come from the east and west and from the north and south, and they will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
30. And indeed, some are last who shall be first, and some are first who shall be last.”