Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.” 1 The Narrow Gate
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
20Again He said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
22And He was traveling through various cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Cross References
John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water which I shall give him will by no means ever thirst again. But the water which I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.”
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know 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 1:21Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness receive 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 →