Matthew 16:6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Jesus said to them, “Watch out, and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Cross References

Leviticus 2:11

No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you must not turn any leaven or honey into smoke as an offering by fire to the Lord.

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:11

How could you fail to perceive that I was not speaking about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that he had not told them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:5

When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.

Matthew 16:7

They said to one another, “It is because we have brought no bread.”

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Mark 8:15

And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when the crowd gathered by the thousands, so that they trampled on one another, he began to speak first to his disciples, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

John 4:33

So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?”

Galatians 5:9

A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.