Luke 13:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Luke 13:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See these parables explained in the notes at Matthew 13:31-32 .
Luke 13:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Woman Healed on the Sabbath. (Lk. only; cf. Luke 6:1-11 ). Loisy is too fanciful in connecting this section with what precedes by suggesting that as the barren tree stands for unrepentant Isra...
Luke 13:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

leaven. See note on Matthew 13:33 . in. Greek. eis. App-104.
Luke 13:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Like leaven - See this explained, Matthew 13:33 (note).
Luke 13:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? For the exposition of this portion, see the notes at Matthew 13:31-33 , with Remarks.
Luke 13:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Galileans killed by Pilate. The Unfruitful Fig Tree. Lament Over Jerusalem 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable...
Luke 13:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(18-21) Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? — See Notes on Matthew 13:31-33 . The first impression with most readers, in the absence of any apparent trace of sequence, is that we h...
Luke 13:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Neglected Opportunity Luke 13:18-30 Notice here the inward movement and the outward effect of the gospel whether in the heart or in the world of men. The garden and the kitchen,...
Luke 13:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
Luke 13:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great t...
Luke 13:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE GOSPEL IN THE HEART ‘Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven.’ Luke 13:20-21 The parable of the leaven is intended to show the progress of the Gospel in the heart o...
Luke 13:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

It is like leaven ,.... Which is small in quantity, but is of a swelling, spreading quality; and fitly expresses the small beginnings of the Gospel ministry, and its increase, also the state and cas...
Luke 13:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Ver. 21. See Matthew 13:33 .
Luke 13:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? After the Lord had thus silenced the ruler of the synagogue, and while he observed the rejoicings of the people, he reflected with pleasure on th...
Luke 13:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14...
Luke 13:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Widow of Nain. 18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grai...
Luke 13:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 13:20 "
Luke 13:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Kingly Rule of God Will Grow From Small Beginnings Just as A Mustard Seed Becomes a Great Bush And A Little Leaven Leavens The Whole Lump (13:18-21). Having revealed how Jesus can loose men fr...
Luke 13:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 13:19 . Like a grain of mustard seed .—So small in size as to be a proverbial comparison among the Jews for anything exceedingly small. Garden .— Matthew 13:31 has “field....
Luke 13:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 13:6 . He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by prof...
Luke 13:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 13:1 . There were some present at that season of the passover, that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Though this might be blood for blood,...
Luke 13:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

It Is like leaven The hidden leaven The kingdom of heaven, or the work of God in the soul, is like leaven. 1. It at once occurs to us that leaven is something foreign to and different from t...
Luke 13:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 13:1-42 Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree. Luke 13:1 There were present at that sea...
Luke 13:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Parables and Teachings. The parables of the mustard-seed and the leaven:
Luke 13:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:6 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:24 ; Hosea 6:3 ; James 1:21 ; Job 17:9 ; John 15:2 ; John 4:14 ; Matthew 13:33 ; Philippians 1:6 ; Philippians 1:9-11 ; Prover...
Luke 13:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Covered up — So that, for a time, nothing of it appeared.

Luke 13:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 13:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 13:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 13:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 13:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 13:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 13:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 13:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 13:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 13:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 13:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 13:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 13:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 13:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 13:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 13:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 13:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 13:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 13:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 13:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 13:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 13:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 13:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 13:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 13:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 13:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes