Matthew 13:33
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.
KJV
Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς· ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.
Greek NT
Aliam parabolam locutus est eis : Simile est regnum cælorum fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinæ satis tribus, donec fermentatum est totum.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐνέκρυψεν — SBLGNT
- ἐνέκρυψεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔκρυψεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Prophecy
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
'Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed.' See Matt. xiii. 31. By the mustard seed He signified the preaching of the Gospel; for indeed the preaching was the least of all things at the beginning — the disciples were unlettered, few in number, despised — but when it was sown, it sprang up and became the greatest of…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:6 — Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- Gal 5:9 — A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
- Gen 18:6 — And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
- Gen 18:6 — And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
- John 3:7 — Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
- John 15:2 — Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
- Luke 13:21 — It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Luke 13:21 — It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matt 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matt 20:1 — For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
- Num 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- Prov 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.