Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
Cross References
John 4:14but whosoever may drink of the water that I shall give to him shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give to him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto 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 I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding;
James 1:21Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted 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 →