And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
Luke 13:21 - Catholic Public Domain Version It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of fine wheat flour, until it was entirely leavened." Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. Common English Bible 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.” Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. English Standard Version 2016 It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.” |
And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.
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."
And again, he said: "To what figure shall I compare the kingdom of God?
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he will take away. And each one that does bear fruit, he will cleanse, so that it may bring forth more fruit.
Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life."
It is not good for you to glory. Do you not know that a little leaven corrupts the entire mass?
I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.
Because of this, having cast away all uncleanness and an abundance of malice, receive with meekness the newly-grafted Word, which is able to save your souls.