Matthew 13:33

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham hastened into the tent to 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 pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Pray let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Matthew 13:24

Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field;

Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

Luke 13:21

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

John 15:2

Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

Philippians 1:6

And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:9

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

2 Peter 3:18

But 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. Amen.

Judges 6:19

So Gideon went into his house and prepared a kid, and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them.

1 Samuel 1:24

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine; and she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh; and the child was young.