The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Matthew 16

⁵ Now _c when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶ Then Jesus said to them, _d "Take heed and beware of the ₁ leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees." ⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have taken no bread." ⁸ But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, "O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you ₂ have brought no bread? ⁹ _e "Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰ _f "Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? ¹¹ "How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? - but to beware of the ₃ leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ¹² Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the ₄ doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

1. Cross References
   Mark 8:14
   Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat.
   
2. Cross References
   Mark 8:15
   Then He charged them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
   Luke 12:1
   In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 14:15 - 21
   When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.
   Mark 6:30 - 44
   Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.
   Luke 9:10 - 17
   And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
   John 6:1 - 14
   After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 15:32 - 38
   Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.
   Mark 8:1 - 9
   In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them.
   

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