Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three seahs of meal, until the whole was fermented.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
20Jesus said again: With what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
22And he travelled through the villages and cities, teaching and going towards Jerusalem.
Cross References
John 4:14but whoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give him, will not thirst for ever; but the waters, which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain of waters, springing up unto life eternal.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not praiseworthy. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray for, that your love may still increase and abound, in knowledge, and In all spiritual understanding:
James 1:21Wherefore, remove far from you all impurity, and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is implanted in our nature, which is able to vivify these 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 →