Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
  • 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough– you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
  • 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received– that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
  • 2 Kgs 7:17 : 17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
  • Job 36:13 : 13 The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.
  • Isa 33:14 : 14 Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say,‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
  • Matt 16:6-9 : 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? 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!” 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.
  • Mark 8:15-21 : 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?”
  • Luke 5:1 : 1 The Call of the Disciples Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.
  • Luke 5:15 : 15 But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.
  • Luke 6:17 : 17 The Sermon on the Plain Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,
  • Luke 11:44 : 44 Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”
  • 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?
  • Acts 21:20 : 20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.