Luke 13:20

The Parable of the Yeast

20 And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Luke 13:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:20

And again he said
That is, Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; besides the parable of the grain of mustard seed, that also of the leaven hid in three measures of meal:

whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God;
either the Gospel of the kingdom, and the mysteries of it; or the church, which is Christ's kingdom; or the grace of God in the heart, which makes meet for the kingdom of glory; the first seems rather to be intended; (See Gill on Matthew 13:33).

Luke 13:20 In-Context

18 Therefore he said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?

19 It is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."

20 And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

21 It is like yeast that a woman took [and] hid in three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

22 And he was going throughout towns and villages, teaching and making [his] journey toward Jerusalem.