Mark 8:15

He warned them and said, “Keep watch and be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

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In The King James Version

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

In Context

14Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread with them. They had no more than one loaf of bread in the boat.

16The disciples reasoned with each other, “It is because we have no bread.”

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Cross References

Exodus 12:18You must eat unleavened bread from twilight of the fourteenth day in the first month of the year, until twilight of the twenty-first day of the month.

Numbers 27:19Place him before Eleazar the priest and before all the community, and command him before their eyes to lead them.

1 Chronicles 28:20David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and brave. Do the work. Do not be afraid or anxious, for Yahweh God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you nor abandon you until all the work for the service of Yahweh's temple is finished.

Matthew 14:1About that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus.

Matthew 16:11How is it that you do not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Mark 12:13Then they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him to trap him with words.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:11-22

The Leaven of Herod and the Pharisees; Christ Reproves His Disciples. 10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to… Read the whole commentary →

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