"It is likeleaven,whicha womantookand hidin threepecksof flouruntilit was allleavened."
"Nevertheless the righteouswill holdto his way,And he who has cleanhandswill growstrongerand stronger.
But the pathof the righteousis like the lightof dawn,That shinesbrighterand brighteruntilthe fullday.
"So let us know,let us presson to knowthe LORD.His goingforthis as certainas the dawn;And He will cometo us like the rain,Like the springrainwateringthe earth."
He spokeanotherparableto them, "The kingdomof heavenis likeleaven,whicha womantookand hidin threepecksof flouruntilit was allleavened."
And againHe said,"To whatshall I comparethe kingdomof God?
"Everybranchin Me that does not bearfruit,He takes away;and every[branch] that bearsfruit,He prunesit sothat it may bearmorefruit.
but whoeverdrinksof the waterthat I will givehim shall neverthirst;but the waterthat I will givehim will becomein him a wellof waterspringingup to eternallife."
Your boastingis not good.Do you not knowthat a littleleavenleavensthe wholelump[of dough]?
[For I am] confidentof thisvery thing,that He who begana goodworkin you will perfectit untilthe dayof ChristJesus.
Therefore,putting asideallfilthinessand [all] that remainsof wickedness,in humilityreceivethe wordimplanted,which is ableto saveyour souls.
