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The Parable of the Leaven

Luke 13:21

In 9 translations

BSB
It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
KJV
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
WEB
It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 liters or a bit more than a bushel.
ASV
It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
LSV
It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until all was leavened.”
YLT
It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'
DBY
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
DRC
It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
GNV
It is like leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three peckes of floure, till all was leauened.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐνέκρυψεν (“hid”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔκρυψεν (“hid”).
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  • SBLGNT: ἔκρυψεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἔκρυψεν; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐνέκρυψεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἔκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.
RP2018
Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία, ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.
TR-Boyd
Ὁμοία ἐστὶ ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία, ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.
SCR1894
ομοια εστιν ζυμη ην λαβουσα γυνη ενεκρυψεν εις αλευρου σατα τρια εως ου εζυμωθη ολον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 13:33He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
  • 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
  • Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
  • Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
  • James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
  • John 15:2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
  • Philippians 1:9–11And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with…
  • John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  • Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  • Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
  • Psalms 92:13–14Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

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