Luke 12:1

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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BSB
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
KJV
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
WEB
Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
ASV
In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
DARBY
In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
BLB
In these [times], the myriads of the crowd having been gathered together so as to trample upon one another, He began to say to His disciples first, “Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
ÅB
Da folket imens hadde samlet seg i tusentall, så de trådte på hverandre, tok han til orde og sa til sine disipler: Ta dere først og fremst i vare for fariseernes surdeig, som er hykleri!
OTB
Under disse omstendighetene, da en mengde på tusener hadde samlet seg, slik at de tråkket på hverandre, begynte Han å tale først til sine disipler og sa: “Vær på vakt mot fariseernes surdeig, som er hykleri.
B1930
Da folket imens hadde samlet sig i tusentall, så de trådte på hverandre, tok han til orde og sa til sine disipler: Ta eder først og fremst i vare for fariseernes surdeig, som er hykleri!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7–8

    Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

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  • 1 Peter 2:1

    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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  • James 3:17

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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  • Matthew 16:6–12

    Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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  • Mark 8:15–21

    And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

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  • Luke 12:56

    Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:3

    For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

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  • 2 Kings 7:17

    And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

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