Luke 13:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ It is similar to yeast, which a woman worked into three batches of dough, until the dough was completely permeated [by it].”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of wheat flour or meal until it was all leavened (fermented).

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

Common English Bible

²¹ It’s like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through the whole.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of fine wheat flour, until it was entirely leavened."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Luke 13:21 Cross References

Matthew 13:33

Then He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is similar to yeast, which a woman worked into a batch of dough [i.e., the amount was over half a bushel], until [the dough] was completely leavened [by it].”

Luke 13:20

And again He asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

John 15:2

He will cut off [See verse 6] every branch [i.e., follower of Christ] who is in [fellowship with] me that does not bear fruit. And He will prune every branch that does bear fruit, so it will bear more fruit.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I give him will never get thirsty [again]. For the water I will give him will become in him [i.e., in his spirit] a spring of water, bubbling up and producing never ending life.” [See John 7:38].

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast can leaven the whole batch of dough?

Philippians 1:6

I am confident of this very thing, that God, who began something good among you, will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ’s [return].

James 1:21

Therefore, you should put away [from you] all moral filth and overflowing wickedness and humbly receive the word [of God], planted within you [by the Holy Spirit. See John 16:8], which is capable of saving your souls.