Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
22And he went through every city and village, teaching, and journeying to Jerusalem.
Cross References
John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst. But the water that I will give him, shall be in him a fountain of water springing up in order to eternal life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good; know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole mass?
Philippians 1:9I also pray for this, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding,
James 1:21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness, and every excess caused by malice, receive with meekness the ingrafted 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 →