Why do you not understand that it was not because of bread that I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?"
Matthew 16:12 - 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. Matoleo zaidiKing 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. |
Why do you not understand that it was not because of bread that I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?"
Then, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees arriving for his baptism, he said to them: "Progeny of vipers, who warned to you to flee from the approaching wrath?
For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
For the Sadducees claim that there is no resurrection, and neither angels, nor spirits. But the Pharisees confess both of these.
It is not good for you to glory. Do you not know that a little leaven corrupts the entire mass?