Matthew 16:12

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Then the disciples understood that Jesus wasn’t telling them to watch out for the yeast that’s used in bread. He was warning them against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Cross References

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, unless your righteousness is even better than the righteousness of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you won’t enter the kingdom of heaven.

Acts 23:8

The Sadducees say that people don’t rise from the dead, and they also don’t believe in angels or spirits. But the Pharisees believe all those things.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, John said to them, “You little snakes! Who warned you to try to escape the punishment that’s coming?

Matthew 16:11

How can you possibly not understand? I wasn’t talking to you about bread. I was telling you to watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your bragging isn’t good. Don’t you know that just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise?