Luke 13:21
"It is like leaven which a took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again he said. "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
22So he went on his way through cities and villages,
Cross References
John 4:14but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst any more, but the water that I will give him shall become a living spring of water within him, welling up into eternal life."
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that even a little leaven leavens all the lump?
Philippians 1:9And it is my prayer that your love may abound yet more and more in intelligence and insight
James 1:21So strip off all filthiness and superfluity of wickedness, and in meekness receive 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 →