21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[1]of flour until it worked all through the dough."

Other Translations of Luke 13:21

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

21  It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."

The Message

21 It's like yeast that a woman works into enough dough for three loaves of bread - and waits while the dough rises."

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

21 It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 13:21

Commentary on Luke 13:18-22

(Read Luke 13:18-22)

Here is the progress of the gospel foretold in two parables, as in Matthew 13. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God. May grace grow in our hearts; may our faith and love grow exceedingly, so as to give undoubted evidence of their reality. May the example of God's saints be blessed to those among whom they live; and may his grace flow from heart to heart, until the little one becomes a thousand.