Matthew 16:6
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- KJV
- Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- WEB
- Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- ASV
- And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- DARBY
- And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- BLB
- And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- ÅB
- Da sa Jesus til dem: «Vokt dere for fariseernes og sadduseernes surdeig!»
- OTB
- Jesus advarte dem, “Vær forsiktige og hold dere på vakt mot fariseernes og saddukeernes innflytelse.”
- B1930
- Da sa Jesus til dem: Se eder for og ta eder i vare for fariseernes og sadduseernes surdeig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextMatthew 16:12
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.
Read in contextGalatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Read in contextLeviticus 2:11
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:6–8
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Read in contextMark 8:15
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:16–17
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Read in contextExodus 12:15–19
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
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