Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 13:33
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.”
Matthew 13:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven 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)He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”
Context of Matthew 13:33
31He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.” He 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.” 34Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable, 35so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς· ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
- parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
- spake heλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
- unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- The kingdomὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- The kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
- of heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- like untoὅμοιοςhomoios · 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 Matthew 13:33
- Mark 13:20If the Lord had not cut those days short, no one would be saved. But he cut those days short for the sake of the elect, whom he chose.
- Luke 13:21It’s like leaven that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds of flour until all of it was leavened.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?
- Galatians 5:9A little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough.
- Job 17:9Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.
- 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 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.
- John 16:12“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
- 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.
- Philippians 2:13For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose.
- 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.
- 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.
Commentaries on Matthew 13:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven - On the nature and effects of leaven, see the note on Exodus 12:8. As the property of leaven is to change, or assimulate to its own nature, the meal or dough with which it is mixed, so the property of the grace of Christ is to change the whole soul into its own likeness; and God intends that this principle should continue in the soul till all is leavened - till the whole bear the image of the heavenly, as it…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33The kingdom of heaven - The meaning here is the same as in the last parable; perhaps, however, intending to denote more properly the secret and hidden nature of piety in the soul. The other parable declared the “fact” that the gospel would greatly spread, and that piety in the heart would greatly increase. This states the “way” or “mode” in which it would be done. It is secret, silent, steady; pervading all the faculties of the soul and all the kingdoms…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 The scope of the parable of the seed sown, is to show that the beginnings of the gospel would be small, but its latter end would greatly increase; in this way the work of grace in the heart, the kingdom of God within us, would be carried on. In the soul where grace truly is, it will grow really; though perhaps at first not to be discerned, it will at last come to great strength and usefulness. The preaching of the gospel works like leaven in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33Usually, yeast refers to the influence of evil (for example, 16:6; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9). But in this context it represents the positive and widespread influence of the kingdom of Heaven.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3930-39. Let both grow together--that is, in the visible Church. until the harvest--till the one have ripened for full salvation, the other for destruction. (See on Mt 13:39). and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers--(See on Mt 13:39). Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them--"in the fire" (Mt 13:40). but gather the wheat into my barn--Christ, as the Judge, will separate the two classes (as in Mt 25:32). It…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 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
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