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Luke 13:20–21

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The Parable of the Yeast

20And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21It is like yeast that a woman took and* hid ing three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.”

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. gSome manuscripts have “put into”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to? It’s like leaven that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds of flour until all of it was leavened.”

NLTNew Living Translation

He also asked, “What else is the Kingdom of God like? 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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.