Matthew 16:12

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Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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  • Matt 5:20 : 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 15:4-9 : 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying, 8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’
  • Matt 23:13-28 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore, you will receive a greater condemnation. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are. 16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' 17 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is obligated.' 19 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar swears by it and everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others. 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all impurity. 28 So too, on the outside you appear righteous to people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  • Acts 23:8 : 8 For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees affirm them all.

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    5When the disciples reached the other side, they forgot to bring bread.

    6Jesus said to them, "Be careful and watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

    7They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not bring any bread."

    8Aware of this, Jesus said, "You of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves about not having bread?

    9Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you gathered?

    10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many large baskets you gathered?

    11How is it that you do not understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

  • Mark 8:14-17
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    14Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

    15Jesus warned them, 'Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.'

    16They began discussing with one another, saying, 'We have no bread.'

    17Aware of this, Jesus said to them, 'Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you still not understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?'

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    15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his words.

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    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

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