Luke 13:21

Webster's Bible (1833)

It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures{literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel} of flour, until it was all leavened."

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  • Matt 13:33 : 33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{Literally, satas. 3 satas = about 0.5 bushel or 22 litres} of meal, until it was all leavened."
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ; 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:23-24 : 23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he who calls you, who will also do it.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls{or, preserve your life.}.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
  • Ps 92:13-14 : 13 They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts. 14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the earth."
  • John 4:14 : 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
  • John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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  • Matt 13:31-35
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    31He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

    32which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

    33He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{Literally, satas. 3 satas = about 0.5 bushel or 22 litres} of meal, until it was all leavened."

    34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

    35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."

  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

    19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."

    20Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

  • Gal 5:9
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    9A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

  • Matt 13:23-25
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    23What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most assuredly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

    24He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

    25but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel{darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat, and went away.

  • Mark 4:30-33
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    71%

    30He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

    31It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

    32yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

    33With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Luke 13:22
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    22He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    26He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

    27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

    4As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

  • Mark 8:15
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    15He charged them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

  • Luke 12:1
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    1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Matt 13:44-47
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    44"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

    45"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

    46who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

    47"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

  • Matt 16:11-12
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    11How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

    12Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    67%

    18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

    19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
    67%

    6Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

  • Luke 8:11
    66%

    11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  • Matt 16:6
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    6Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

  • Mark 4:21
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    21He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket{Literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres)} or under a bed? Isn't it put on a lampstand?

  • Matt 25:14
    66%

    14"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

  • Matt 26:13
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    13Most assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."

  • Luke 15:3
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    3He told them this parable.

  • Matt 21:33
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    33"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

  • Matt 22:1
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    1Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

  • Mark 4:24
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    24He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

  • Matt 13:37
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    37He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

  • Mark 12:1
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    1He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

  • Mark 4:3
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    3"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

  • Luke 17:35
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    35There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left."

  • Matt 13:52
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    52He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

  • Matt 18:23
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    23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 15:8
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    8Or what woman, if she had ten drachma{A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.} coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

  • Matt 24:41
    65%

    41two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.