Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V And now, by the parable of the leaven, the Lord shows concealment; for He says, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."[150] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V This, says he, is the kingdom of heaven that reposes within us as a treasure, as leaven hid in the three measures of meal.[78]