Luke 13:21
It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
22And he went through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Cross References
John 4:14But whoever drinks 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 into everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying 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 yet more and more, in knowledge and all discernment;
James 1:21Wherefore, putting off all filthiness and excess 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 →