Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
In Context
5And his disciples having come to the other side, they forgot to take loaves.
7And they deliberated among themselves, saying, We took no loaves.
Cross References
Exodus 12:15Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Matthew 16:12Then they understood that he said not to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Luke 12:1During which time the myriads of the multitude having gathered together so as to trample each other, he began first to say to his disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
John 4:33The disciples therefore said to each other, Did any man bring him to eat?
Galatians 5:9A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:6-13
Of the Leaven of the Pharisees. 5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five… Read the whole commentary →