Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and put into three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
20And again He said, To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
22And he went through the cities and villages teaching, as He journeyed towards Jerusalem.
Cross References
John 4:14but he that drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst: but the water, which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain of water springing up unto eternal life.
1 Corinthians 5:6Do ye not know that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass?
Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment;
James 1:21Laying aside therefore all filthiness, and excess of malice, receive with meekness 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 →