Luke 13:21 (WEB)
It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
Catechism · 1
“It is right and good to pray so that the coming of the kingdom of justice and peace may influence the march of history, but it is just as important to bring the help of prayer into humble, everyday situations; all forms of prayer can be the leaven to which the Lord compares the kingdom.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 13:20-21.
Fathers and councils · 17
Augustine of Hippo
“…the herb from a grain of mustard seed hath spread out its branches; wherein already the leaven, which at first was contemptible, hath leavened three measures, that is, the whole round world repeopled by the three sons of Noe: for from East and West and North and South shall come they that shall sit down with the…” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 31, 33; Luke xiii. 19, 21.
Read the whole comment“On the words of the Gospel, Luke xiii. 21 and 23, where the kingdom of God is said to be “like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal;” and of that which is written in the same chapter, “Lord, are they few that are saved?”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Hence the Lord says, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.”” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 21.
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John Chrysostom
““The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.”” — editor's note: Matt. xiii. 33. [ἔκρυψεν (see Luke xiii. 21) is the reading here, and in the comment. Our best New Testament mss. read ἐνκρυψεν.—R.]
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Tertullian
“For He compared it, not to the unleavened bread which the Creator is more familiar with, but to leaven.” — editor's note: Luke xiii. 20, 21.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Luke
While His adversaries were ashamed, and the people rejoiced, at the glorious things that were done by Christ, He proceeds to explain the progress of the Gospel under certain similitudes, as it follows, Then said he,…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
In another place, a grain of mustard seed is introduced where it is compared to faith. If then the mustard seed is the kingdom of God, and faith is as the grain of mustard seed; faith is truly the kingdom of heaven,…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Or else; The kingdom of God is the Gospel, through which we gain the power of reigning with Christ. As then the mustard seed is surpassed in size by the seeds of other herbs, yet so increases as to become the shelter…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Now the man, is Christ, the garden, His Church, to be cultivated by His discipline. He is well said to have taken the grain, because the gifts which He together with the Father gave to us from His divinity, He took…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, any man receiving a grain of mustard seed, that is, the word of the Gospel, and sowing it in the garden of his soul, makes it a great tree, so as to bring forth branches, and the birds of the air (that is, they…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Many think Christ is the leaven, for leaven which is made from meal, excels its kind in strength, not in appearance. So also Christ (according to the Fathers) shone forth above others equal in body, but…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
The Satum is a kind of measure in use in the province of Palestine, holding about a bushel and a half.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
But we are the meal of the woman which hide the Lord Jesus in the secrets of our hearts, until the heat of heavenly wisdom penetrates our innermost recesses. And since He says it was hid in three measures, it seems…
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Or, for the woman you must understand the soul; but the three measures, its three parts, the reasoning part, the affections, and the desires. If then any one has hidden in these three the word of God, he will make…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, the three measures of meal are the race of mankind, which was restored out of the three sons of Noah. The woman who hid the leaven is the wisdom of God.
Read the whole comment - Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
Or else, by the leaven our Lord means the Holy Spirit, the Sower proceeding (as it were) from the seed, which is the word of God. But the three measures of meal, signify the knowledge of the Father, and the Son, and…
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Or, by the leaven He speaks of love, which kindles and stirs up the heart; the woman, that is, the Church, hides the leaven of love in three measures, because she bids us love God with all our hearts, all our minds,…
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together with
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 61.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 61.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.30.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 61.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 61.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 61.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Luke 13:18–21 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 61.
Parallel passages
Matthew 13:33 and Luke 13:21 share the same wording (18 words).