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Luke 13:21

It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

In Context

20Again He said: “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

22He was traveling through various towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem.

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Cross References

John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never ever thirst; rather, the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water, welling up into eternal life.”

1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

Philippians 1:9This is what I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more in real knowledge and full discernment,

James 1:21Therefore, laying aside all filthiness and overflow of evil, 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 →

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