Luke 13:21
It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
22And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.
Hosea 6:3He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.
John 4:14But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump ?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding:
James 1:21Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive 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 →