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What does Luke 13:21 mean?

"It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”"

— Luke 13:21 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

18

He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?

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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”

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Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?

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It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

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He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.

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One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,

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“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

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