Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor messenger nor spirit, but the Pharisees confess both.
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the entire lump?