Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
20And again he said, To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
22And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and traveling toward Jerusalem.
Cross References
John 4:14But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into 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 this I pray, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;
James 1:21Therefore, lay aside all filthiness and the wickedness that is so abundant, and receive with humility 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 →