Luke 13:21

Luke 13:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
• New International Version (NIV)It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."
• New King James Version (NKJV)It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”

Context of Luke 13:21

19It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.” 20Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to? It’s like leaven that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds of flour until all of it was leavened.” 22He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. 23“Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them,

Luke 13:21 word by word

ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• likeὅμοιοςhomoios · likeG3664
• leavenζύμηzumē · leavenG2219
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• a womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• and hidἐγκρύπτωegkruptō · to mixG1470
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• threeτρεῖςtreis tria · ThreeG5140
• measuresσάτονsaton · seahG4568
• of mealἄλευρονaleuron · flourG224
• tillἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• the wholeὅλοςholos · allG3650
• was leavenedζυμόωzumoō · to leavenG2220

Cross-references for Luke 13:21

• Matthew 13:33He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds of flour until all of it was leavened.”
• Job 17:9Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.
• Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the Lord, they thrive in the courts of our God.
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Hosea 6:3Let’s strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
• John 4:14But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up in him for eternal life.”
• John 15:2Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
• 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?
• Philippians 1:6I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• James 1:21Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Commentaries on Luke 13:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Like leaven - See this explained, Matthew 13:33; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-21Verses 18-21 See these parables explained in the notes at Matthew 13:31-32.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21It is like the leaven: Leaven (or yeast) can represent evil (see 12:1; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9). But here it shows the positive, spreading, and transforming power of the kingdom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-3018-21. 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 satisfaction to understand the "three measures of meal" of that threefold…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 13:21

• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Regeneration

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Measure
• Nay
• Repent
• Jesus Christ
• Leaven
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Parable

Commentaries on Luke 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings