Luke 13:21
It is like leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three peckes of floure, till all was leauened.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
20And againe he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God?
22And he went through all cities and townes, teaching, and iourneying towards Hierusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Such as bee planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courtes of our God.
Hosea 6:3Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.
John 4:14But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your loue may abound, yet more and more in knowledge, and in all iudgement,
James 1:21Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
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 →