Luke 13:21
It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
20And again he said, To what will I compare the kingdom of God?
22And he went through by cities and villages, teaching, and making a journey toward Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Men who are planted in the house of LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Hosea 6:3And let us know, let us follow on to know LORD. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.
John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will, no, not thirst into the age. But the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment
James 1:21Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted 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 →