Luke 13:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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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BSBPD

“It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 13:21 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  2. Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
  3. Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
  4. Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
  5. Matthew 13:33He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
  6. John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  7. John 15:2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
  8. 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
  9. Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
  10. Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
  11. 1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  12. James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

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