Examples of Jesus’ Sayings that Would have Particularly Appealed to Women

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Luke 13:20-21 Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom? It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

Luke 17:35 There will be two grinding grain together [in Jesus’ day, predominately a female occupation]. . . .

Matthew 9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

Matthew 25:1 Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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