Matthew 16:6
Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "Take care; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them, “Watch out, and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus then warned them, "Watch out! Guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

New American Bible
Jesus said to them, “Look out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Take.

Luke 12:15 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

the leaven.

Matthew 16:12 Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Exodus 12:15-19 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread: in the first day there shall be no leaven in your houses; whosoever shall eat any thing leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall perish out of Israel. . . .

Leviticus 2:11 Every oblation that is offered to the Lord shall be made without leaven: neither shall any leaven or honey be burnt in the sacrifice to the Lord.

Mark 8:15 And he charged them saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

Luke 12:1 And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump? . . .

Galatians 5:9 A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.

2 Timothy 2:16,17 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they grow much towards ungodliness. . . .

the Pharisees.

Matthew 16:1 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Context
The Leaven to Beware
5And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread. 6Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.…
Cross References
Matthew 3:7
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 16:1
And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:5
And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread.

Matthew 16:7
But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.

Matthew 16:11
Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Mark 8:15
And he charged them saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

Luke 12:1
And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?

Matthew 16:5
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