Matthew 16:11
How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
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- Matt 16:6 : 6 “Watch out,” Jesus said to them,“beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Mark 4:40 : 40 And he said to them,“Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?”
- Mark 8:21 : 21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”
- Luke 12:56 : 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?
- John 8:43 : 43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.
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12 Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Matt 16:5-106 verses90%
5 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.
6 “Watch out,” Jesus said to them,“beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 So they began to discuss this among themselves, saying,“It is because we brought no bread.”
8 When Jesus learned of this, he said,“You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread?
9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?
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14 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
15 And Jesus ordered them,“Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
16 So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.
17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?
18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Twelve.”
20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied,“Seven.”
21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”
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1 Fear God, Not People Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples,“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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16 Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?
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10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.
11 What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
12 Then the disciples came to him and said,“Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”
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45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
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1 Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
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33 The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”
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5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
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4 how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”
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15 Paying Taxes to Caesar Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.
16 They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying,“Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone’s favor because you show no partiality.
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24 So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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26 Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.
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4 His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
5 He asked them,“How many loaves do you have?” They replied,“Seven.”
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52 because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
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2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
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9 A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!
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32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
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39 But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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2 But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”
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26 how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?”
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13 He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?
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36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”
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14 More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
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45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.
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4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?
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2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
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5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”
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32 Then Jesus told them,“I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.
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1 The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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32 But he said to them,“I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”