"It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." — Luke 13:21

Luke 13:21 · KJV

“It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.”

— Luke 13:21

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

Luke 13 — Context

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.

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

Cross References

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. {measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint}

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying {is} not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

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.

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 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.

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 1:6

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: {perform: or, finish}

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.