Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
A little leaven leavens all the dough.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Holman Bible
A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.
International Standard Version
A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.
A Conservative Version
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
American Standard Version
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Amplified
A little
An Understandable Version
A little bit of yeast permeates the whole batch of dough [i.e., a few people can influence everyone else to do the wrong thing in this matter].
Anderson New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole mass.
Bible in Basic English
A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
Common New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
Daniel Mace New Testament
a little leaven affects the whole mass.
Darby Translation
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Godbey New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Goodspeed New Testament
A little yeast will make all the dough rise.
John Wesley New Testament
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Julia Smith Translation
A little leaven leavens the whole mixture.
King James 2000
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough.
Modern King James verseion
A little leaven leavens all the lump.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A little leaven doth leaven the whole lump of dough.
Moffatt New Testament
(A morsel of dough will leaven the whole lump.)
Montgomery New Testament
A little leaven is leavening the whole lump.
NET Bible
A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!
New Heart English Bible
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
Noyes New Testament
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Sawyer New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole mass.
The Emphasized Bible
A little leaven, leaveneth, the whole lump.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.
Webster
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Weymouth New Testament
A little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough.
Williams New Testament
A little yeast will transform the whole dough.
World English Bible
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
Worrell New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Worsley New Testament
I have confidence in you however through the Lord,
Youngs Literal Translation
a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;
Themes
Evil » Influence » Evil influence of unfaithful Christians
Influence » Evil influence of unfaithful Christians
Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 5:9
Images Galatians 5:9
Prayers for Galatians 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Live In Freedom And Love One Another
8 The persuasion brought to bear on you does not come from him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens all the dough. 10 I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived. 'Good character is marred by evil company.'
Matthew 16:6-12
Presently Jesus said to them: "Take care and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Matthew 23:33
You serpents and brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to the Pit?
Mark 8:15
So Jesus gave them this warning. "Take care," he said, "beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: "Be on your guard against the leaven--that is, the hypocrisy--of the Pharisees.
Luke 13:21
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen."
1 Corinthians 5:6-7
Your boasting is unseemly. Do not you know that even a little leaven leavens all the dough?
2 Timothy 2:17
and their teaching will spread like a cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are instances of this.