This parable is part of a pair, and shares the meaning of the preceding Parable of the Mustard Seed, namely the powerful growth of the Kingdom of God from small beginnings. The final outcome is inevitable once the natural process of growth has begun.Adolf Jülicher identifies three parts to a parable or similitude (extended simile or metaphor): a picture part ("Bildhälfte"), a reality part ("Sachhälfte"), and a "tertium comparationis". The picture part is a woman making bread with leaven, the reality part is the kingdom of God, and the point of comparison is the powerful growth of the kingdom from small beginnings.