So I was not talking to you about bread. Why don’t you understand that? I am telling you to be careful and guard against the yeast {\cf2\super [222]} of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [223]} and the Sadducees. {\cf2\super [224]} ”
Matthew 16:12 - Easy To Read Version Then the followers understood what Jesus meant. Jesus was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread. Jesus was telling them to guard against the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they discerned that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. American Standard Version (1901) Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Common English Bible Then they understood that he wasn’t telling them to be on their guard for yeast used in making bread. No, he was telling them to watch out for the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they understood that he was not saying that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. |
So I was not talking to you about bread. Why don’t you understand that? I am telling you to be careful and guard against the yeast {\cf2\super [222]} of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [223]} and the Sadducees. {\cf2\super [224]} ”
Many Pharisees {\cf2\super [37]} and Sadducees {\cf2\super [38]} came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s anger that is coming?
I tell you that you must do better than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [62]} If you are not better people, then you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
(The Sadducees believe that after people die, they will not live again as an angel or as a spirit. But the Pharisees believe in both.)
Your proud boasting is not good. You know the saying, “Just a little yeast {\cf2\super [29]} makes the whole batch of dough rise.”