Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said to them, “Look out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”
English Majority Text (NT)
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
5Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they forgot to take bread.
7But they were reasoning among themselves, saying, “We did not take bread.”
Cross References
Matthew 16:12Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 1 Peter Confesses Christ
Luke 12:1Now in the meantime, as an innumerable crowd had gathered together so that they were stepping on one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
John 4:33Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, “Has anyone brought Him something 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 →