Matthew 13:33 “He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like lea…”

Matthew 13:33

He 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

World English Bible

He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

American Standard Version

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

Geneva Bible 1599

Another parable spake hee to them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meale, till all be leauened.

Darby Translation

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.

Young's Literal Translation

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

Bible in Basic English

Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

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Cross references

“Another”

Mark 13:20

Mark 13:20 · BSB

If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.

“like”

Galatians 5:9 Luke 13:21 1 Corinthians 5:6 1 Corinthians 5:7

Galatians 5:9 · BSB

A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.

Luke 13:21 · BSB

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

1 Corinthians 5:6 · BSB

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 5:7 · BSB

Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

“till”

Philippians 2:13–15 Proverbs 4:18 Job 17:9 Philippians 1:9 Hosea 6:3 Philippians 1:6

Philippians 2:13–15 · BSB

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

Proverbs 4:18 · BSB

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Job 17:9 · BSB

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Philippians 1:9 · BSB

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

So 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.

Philippians 1:6 · BSB

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Also

Genesis 18:6 Matthew 13:24

Genesis 18:6 · BSB

So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”

Matthew 13:24 · BSB

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

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