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It isἐστὶνlikeὁμοίαleaven,ζύμῃwhichἣνa womanγυνὴtookλαβοῦσαandhidἔκρυψενinεἰςthreeτρίαmeasuresσάταof flourἀλεύρουuntilἕως οὗit was allὅλονleavened.”ἐζυμώθη
Luke 13:21
Study it in the app“It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:21, word by word
- It isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- likeὁμοίαhomoia
like
Like, similar.
Where else “homoia” appears- leavenζύμῃzymēi
yeast
Yeast: fermented dough that makes bread rise; an image of what spreads from within.
Where else “zymēi” appears- a womanγυνὴgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- tookλαβοῦσαlabousa
take
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “labousa” appears- hidἔκρυψενekrypsen
hide
Hide, conceal.
Where else “ekrypsen” appears- threeτρίαtria
three
Three.
Where else “tria” appears- measuresσάταsata
saton
Saton: a dry measure, the Hebrew seah, roughly 13 liters of flour.
Where else “sata” appears- of flourἀλεύρουaleurou
flour
Flour.
Where else “aleurou” appears- it was allὅλονholon
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appears- leavenedἐζυμώθηezymōthē
leaven
Leaven, make dough rise with yeast.
Where else “ezymōthē” appears
Parallel passages
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Luke 13:20-21
20And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened.”
33He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
The context
20And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
21 · This verse (above)
22And he was going through cities and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.
To study Luke 13 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?