‹It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Il est semblable à du levain qu'une femme a pris et mis dans trois mesures de farine, pour faire lever toute la pâte.
KJV
‹It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.›
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
symbolizes good works or knowledge. In the Gospel: "A woman hid leaven in three measures of flour" (Luke 13:21). On the negative side, flour can represent vain thoughts, as in the prophet: "Take the millstone and grind flour" (Isaiah 47:2). The millstone represents one’s way of l…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 131 (Migne)
esia dicitur accepisse fermentum evangelicae doctrinae et abscondisse illud in tribus farinae satis (Luc. XIII, 21) , id est, in tribus mundi partibus, Asiae videlicet, Africae, Europae, donec fermentaretur totum, id est, donec omnis mundus crederet. Panis significat unitatem [C…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 164 (Migne)
ngelio dicitur: «Simile est regnum coelorum fermento, quod abscondit mulier in farinae satis tribus (Luc. XIII, 21) .» Haec autem simila oleo conspergitur, quia S. Spiritus gratia Ecclesia inungitur. Olei vero sextarius, qui superadditur cum primo agno in sequentibus offerri jube…
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