The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees (MAT 16:5-12)

[16:5] When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.

[16:6] Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

[16:7] And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”

[16:8] But Jesus, aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?

[16:9] Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

[16:10] Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

[16:11] How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

[16:12] Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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