Matthew 13:33 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 it was all leavened.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven (sour dough) which a woman took and covered over in three measures of meal or flour till all of it was leavened. [Gen. 18:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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 it was all leavened.

Common English Bible

³³ He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through all the dough.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ He spoke another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven 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

³³ Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

Matthew 13:33 Cross References

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

2 Samuel 13:6

So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

Job 17:9

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

Matthew 13:24

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

Mark 13:20

And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

Luke 13:21

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

John 15:2

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Philippians 1:6

being confident of this very thing, that he which began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.

Judges 6:19

And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

1 Samuel 1:24

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.