Matthew 16:6
And he said to them, “Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”
Catholic Public Domain 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 when his disciples went across the sea, they forgot to bring bread.
7But they were thinking within themselves, saying, “It is because we have not brought bread.”
Cross References
Exodus 12:15For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day there shall be no leaven in your houses. Whoever will consume anything leavened, from the first day, even until the seventh day, that soul shall perish from Israel.
Matthew 16:12Then they understood that he was not saying that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
Luke 12:1Then, as great crowds were standing so close that they were stepping on one another, he began to say to his disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
John 4:33Therefore, the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?”
Galatians 5:9A little leaven corrupts the whole mass.
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 →