Luke 13:21
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again Jesus said: “To what can I liken the Kingdom of God?
22Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
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 spring welling up within him — a source of Immortal Life.”
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is unseemly. Do not you know that even a little leaven leavens all the dough?
Philippians 1:9And what I pray for is this — that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
James 1:21Therefore, have done with all filthiness and whatever wickedness still remains, and in a humble spirit receive that Message which has been planted in your hearts and 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 →