The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Matthew 16

Matthew 16:5 And when his disciples went across the sea, they forgot to bring bread.

Matthew 16:6 And he said to them, “Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:7 But they were thinking within themselves, saying, “It is because we have not brought bread.”

Matthew 16:8 Then Jesus, knowing this, said: “Why do you consider within yourselves, O little in faith, that it is because you have no bread?

Matthew 16:9 Do you not yet understand, nor remember, the five loaves among the five thousand men, and how many containers you took up?

Matthew 16:10 Or the seven loaves among the four thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

Matthew 16:11 Why do you not understand that it was not because of bread that I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?”

Matthew 16:12 Then they understood that he was not saying that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.