Luke 13:21 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 13:21

It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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Commentary

2 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (339)

Or else, by the leaven our Lord means the Holy Spirit, the Sower proceeding (as it were) from the seed, which is the word of God. But the three measures of meal, signify the knowledge of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, which the woman, that is, Divine wisdom, and the Holy Spirit, impart.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Gospel of Luke (397)

There are three measures: of the flesh, of the soul and of the spirit. This is truer of the spirit in which we all live.… The woman, who prefigures the church, mixes with them the virtue of spiritual doctrine, until the whole hidden inner person of the heart is leavened and the heavenly bread arises to grace. The doctrine of Christ is fittingly called leaven, because the bread is Christ. The apostle said, "For we, being many, are one bread, one body." Leavening happens when the flesh does not lust against the Spirit, nor the Spirit against the flesh.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

There is a peculiar interest belonging to the two parables contained in these verses. We find them twice delivered by our Lord — and at two distinct periods in His ministry. This fact alone, should make us give the more earnest attention to the lessons which the parables convey. They will be found rich both in prophetic and experimental truths. The parable of the mustard seed — is intended to show the progress of the Gospel in the world. The beginnings of the Gospel were exceedingly small.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁμοία	homoia	Like	G3664 →
ἐστὶν	estin	it is	G1510 →
ζύμῃ	zumē	to leaven	G2219 →
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
λαβοῦσα	labousa	having taken	G2983 →
γυνὴ	gunē	a woman	G1135 →
ἐνέκρυψεν	enekrupsen	hid	G1470 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
ἀλεύρου	aleurou	of meal	G224 →
σάτα	sata	measures	G4568 →
τρία	tria	three	G5140 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
οὗ	hou	it	G3739 →
ἐζυμώθη	ezumōthē	was leavened	G2220 →
ὅλον.¶	holon	all.	G3650 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 4:14
But 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.”
leads to
- John 7:38–39
  Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- John 6:35
  Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
- Isaiah 49:10
  They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Revelation 7:16
  ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
Through
James 1:21
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:22
  to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Ephesians 1:13
  And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
- John 6:63
  The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke