The Gospels Of Matthew And Luke

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Jesus said, “The kingdom of the Father is like a woman. She took a little bit of yeast. She hid it in dough and made it into huge loaves of bread.”
Question: A saying of Jesus similar to this one appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but in two different narrative settings. Assuming that this saying originated in the life of Jesus, how might someone explain its journey from Jesus himself to the Gospels of Thomas, Matthew, and Luke, with reference to oral tradition, "Q," and the Two-Source Hypothesis? Sayings that may have occurred throughout Jesus’ life appear in many of the Gospels. The journey of these sayings from Jesus himself to the different Gospels can happen in many different ways. First, due to the time and technology present

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