Matthew 16:11Amplified BibleHow is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” See the chapter |
In the meantime, after so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were stepping on one another, Jesus began speaking first of all to His disciples, “Be continually on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees [that is, their pervasive, corrupting influence and teaching], which is hypocrisy [producing self-righteousness].