The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod (MRK 8:14-21)

[8:14] Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

[8:15] And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

[8:16] And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread.

[8:17] And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

[8:18] Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

[8:19] When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”

[8:20] “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.”

[8:21] And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

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