Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Luke 13:21 in other translations
| BSB | It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.” |
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| WEB | It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.” |
| ASV | It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. |
| YLT | It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.' |
| DARBY | It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened. |
| BBE | It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened. |
| Webster | It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. |
What does Luke 13:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 13:18-21
Lu 13:18-30. Miscellaneous Teachings. 18-21. mustard seed ... leaven--(See on Mr 4:30-32). The parable of "the Leaven" sets forth, perhaps, rather the inward growth of the kingdom, while "the Mustard Seed" seems to point chiefly to the outward. It being a woman's work to knead, it seems a refinement to say that "the woman" here represents the Church, as the instrument of depositing the leaven. Nor does it yield much…
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 13:18-22
Here is the progress of the gospel foretold in two parables, as in Mt 13. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God. May grace grow in our hearts; may our faith and love grow exceedingly, so as to give undoubted evidence of their reality. May the example of God's saints be blessed to those among whom they live; and may his grace flow from heart to heart, until the little one becomes a thousand.
Luke 13:21 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 13:21
- Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
- John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh 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 Thessalonians 5:23-24
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
- James 1:21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- John 15:2
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
- Philippians 1:9-11
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
- Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
- Psalms 92:13-14
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- Hosea 6:3
Then 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.
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Context
- Luke 13:20
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
- Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Luke 13:22
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Luke 13:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Semejante es á la levadura, que tomó una mujer, y la escondió en tres medidas de harina, hasta que todo hubo fermentado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il est semblable à du levain qu’une femme prit, et qu’elle cacha parmi trois mesures de farine, jusqu’à ce que tout soit levé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es ist gleich einem Sauerteig, welchen ein Weib nahm und unter drei Maß Mehl verbarg, bis es ganz durchsäuert war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Simile est fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinæ sata tria, donec fermentaretur totum. |