Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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20And again he said, Unto which shall I liken the kingdom of God?
22And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 92:13Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
John 4:14But whosoever 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 everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know all of you not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love (o. agape) may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
James 1:21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and abundance of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted word, (o. logos) 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 →