"Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." — Matthew 16:6

Matthew 16:6 · KJV

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

— Matthew 16:6

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, {It is} because we have taken no bread.

Matthew 16 — Context

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.

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.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, {It is} because we have taken no bread.

{Which} when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

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.

Matthew 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.

Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Leviticus 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.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

Your glorying {is} not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Mark 8:15

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, {It is} because we have no bread.

2 Timothy 2:16-17

But shun profane {and} vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

Exodus 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.