Matthew 16:6
Presently Jesus said to them, “Take care and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Open English Bible (US)
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 the disciples had crossed to the opposite shore, and had forgotten to take any bread.
7But the disciples began talking among themselves about their having brought no bread.
Cross References
Matthew 16:12Then they understood that he had told them to be on their guard, not against the leaven of bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Luke 12:1Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod on 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.
John 4:33“Can anyone have brought him anything to eat?” the disciples said to one another.
Galatians 5:9A little yeast leavens all the dough.
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 →