Luke 13:21
It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?
22Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Hosea 6:3So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can 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 →