Matthew 16:6

Then Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Text-Critical English 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

5When his disciples reached the other side of the sea, they realized that they had forgotten to bring bread.

7So they discussed this among themselves, saying, “He must have said this because we brought no bread.”

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Cross References

Matthew 16:12Then they understood that he had not told them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Luke 12:1Meanwhile, when the crowd had gathered together by the thousands, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

John 4:33So the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have 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 →

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