"Howis it that you do not understandthat I did not speakto you concerningbread?But bewareof the leavenof the Phariseesand Sadducees."
The Phariseesand Sadduceescameup, and testingJesus, they askedHim to showthem a signfrom heaven.
Thenthey understoodthat He did not sayto bewareof the leavenof bread,but of the teachingof the Phariseesand Sadducees.
And Jesussaidto them, "Watchout and bewareof the leavenof the Phariseesand Sadducees."
But when he sawmanyof the Phariseesand Sadduceescomingfor baptism,he saidto them, "You broodof vipers,whowarnedyou to fleefrom the wrathto come?
And He saidto them, "Whyare you afraid?Do you stillhavenofaith?"
And He was giving ordersto them, saying,"Watchout! Bewareof the leavenof the Phariseesand the leavenof Herod."
And He was sayingto them, "Do you not yetunderstand?"
Underthesecircumstances,after so many thousandsof peoplehad gathered togetherthat they were steppingon one another,He begansayingto His disciplesfirst[of all, ]"Bewareof the leavenof the Pharisees,whichis hypocrisy.
"You hypocrites!You know howto analyzethe appearanceof the earthand the sky,but whydo you not analyzethispresent time?
"Whydo you not understandwhat I am saying?[It is] becauseyou cannothearMy word.
