Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
22And he went through one city and village after another, teaching, and journeying to Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God:
Hosea 6:3and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
John 4:14but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,
James 1:21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Matthew Henry on Luke 13:19-23
The Widow of Nain. 18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and… Read the whole commentary →