Matthew 16:6

Good News Translation

Jesus said to them, “Take care; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Cross References

Leviticus 2:11

None of the grain offerings which you present to the Lord may be made with yeast; you must never use yeast or honey in food offered to the Lord.

Matthew 16:1

Some Pharisees and Sadducees who came to Jesus wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle for them, to show that God approved of him.

Matthew 16:11

How is it that you don't understand that I was not talking to you about bread? Guard yourselves from the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

Matthew 16:12

Then the disciples understood that he was not warning them to guard themselves from the yeast used in bread but from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:5

When the disciples crossed over to the other side of the lake, they forgot to take any bread.

Matthew 16:7

They started discussing among themselves, “He says this because we didn't bring any bread.”

Matthew 3:7

When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, “You snakes—who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?

Mark 8:15

“Take care,” Jesus warned them, “and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

Luke 12:1

As thousands of people crowded together, so that they were stepping on each other, Jesus said first to his disciples, “Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees—I mean their hypocrisy.

Luke 12:15

And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be.”

John 4:33

So the disciples started asking among themselves, “Could somebody have brought him food?”

Galatians 5:9

“It takes only a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise,” as they say.