Luke 13:21
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.’
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again Jesus said, ‘To what can I liken the kingdom of God?
22Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13In the house of the Lord are they planted, in the courts of our God they will sprout.
Hosea 6:3Let us know, let us eagerly seek to know the Lord. His coming is as sure as the sunrise. He will come to us like the winter rain, as the spring rain that waters the earth.’
John 4:14but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him will become a spring welling up within him – a source of eternal life.’
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is unseemly. Don’t you know that even a little yeast leavens all the dough?
Philippians 1:9And what I pray for is this – that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all filthiness and whatever wickedness still remains, and in a humble spirit receive that message which has been planted in your hearts and 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 →