Another parable He spoke to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened.

Yet the righteous will take hold on his way, and he who has clean hands shall increase strength.

Those who are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God.

They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fat and luxuriant;

But the path of the just is as the brightness of dawn, that keeps getting brighter until it is fully daytime.

Then we shall know, we who follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is established as the dawn. And He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will not ever thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it unto the day of Jesus Christ;

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full true knowledge and all discernment,

being filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which has the power to save your souls.