Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until all was leavened.”
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In Context
20And again He said, “To what will I liken the Kingdom of God?
22And He was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Those planted in the house of YHWH, || In the courts of our God, flourish.
Hosea 6:3And we know—we pursue to know YHWH, || His going forth is prepared as the dawn, || And He comes in as a shower to us, || As spring rain [and] autumn rain to the earth.”
John 4:14but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst—throughout the age; and the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water, springing up to continuous life.”
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying [is] not good; have you not known that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Philippians 1:9and this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge, and all discernment,
James 1:21for this reason, having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, receive the implanted word in meekness, that 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 →