Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
It is like leauen, which a woman tooke and hidde in three †measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.
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- †Translator clarificationSee Mat. 13.33.
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- Matthew 13:33Rank 1 from verse 21
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.
33¶ *Another parable spake he vnto them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three †measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6Rank 2 from verse 21
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24Rank 3 from verse 21
23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
23And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit, and soule, and body be preserued blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
24Faithfull is hee that calleth you, who also will doe it.
- James 1:21Rank 4 from verse 21
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of naughtinesse, & receiue with meeknesse the engrafted word, which is able to saue your soules.
14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
14But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shal giue him, shall neuer thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life.
- Philippians 1:6Rank 7 from verse 21
- Philippians 1:9–11Rank 8 from verse 21
9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
9And this I pray, that your loue may abound yet more & more in knowledge, and in all ‖iudgment.
10That ye may ‖approue things that ‖are excellent, that ye may be sincere, and without offence till the day of Christ.
11Being filled with the fruites of righteousnesse, which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God.
- Proverbs 4:18Rank 9 from verse 21
3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
3Then shal we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared, as the morning; & he shall come vnto vs, as the raine; as the latter and former raine vnto the earth.
- Psalms 92:13–14Rank 12 from verse 21
13Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
13Those that be planted in the house of the LORD, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14†They shal still bring forth fruit in old age: they shalbe fat, & flourishing:
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Luke 13:21
Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Fermented dough used to make other dough rise; figuratively, a spreading influence. Sense 2: To make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Put, kept, or placed out of sight, knowledge, discovery, understanding, or danger; concealed, secret, covered, or withheld from perception.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Standards, vessels, or amounts used in measuring. Sense 2: Determines, allots, or proportions.
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Edible grain ground into fine particles; flour or meal used for food or offerings.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To cultivate, plough, dress, and work soil for crops. Sense 2: As a time or limit word, until, up to, or as far as the stated point, condition, or event.
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1. Entire or complete. 2. Sound or restored to health.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of leaven, meaning to make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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13:18¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
13:18¶ *Then said he, Unto what is the kingdome of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
13:19It is like a graine of mustard seed, which a man tooke, and cast into his garden, and it grew, and waxed a great tree: and the foules of the aire lodged in the branches of it.
13:20And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
13:20And againe hee said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God?
13:21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
13:21It is like leauen, which a woman tooke and hidde in three †measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.
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