KJV King James Version
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
WEB World English Bible
Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jesus said to them, ‘Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;’
Surrounding context — Matthew 16
3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times?
4 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.
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread.
8 [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heὁρᾶτεG3708 · horaōto see: seeκαὶG2532 · kaiandπροσέχετεG4337 · prosechōto watch outἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoζύμηςG2219 · zumēleavenτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoΦαρισαίωνG5330 · PharisaiosPhariseeκαὶG2532 · kaiandΣαδδουκαίων.G4523 · SaddoukaiosSadducee
Cross-references
Luke 12:1In 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 16:12Then 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 5:9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.1 Corinthians 5:6-8Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?Leviticus 2:11No 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.Mark 8:15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of Herod.2 Timothy 2:16-17But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.Exodus 12:15-19Seven 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.Luke 12:15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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