Luke 13:21
It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
22And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13They that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Hosea 6:3And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
John 4:14but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
James 1:21Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive 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 →