Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?
22And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13\92:12\The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
Hosea 6:3And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
John 4:14But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
1 Corinthians 5:6This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
Philippians 1:9And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
James 1:21For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
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 →