Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 16:6 in context
Matthew 16:3–9
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In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
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An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”
He left them and departed.
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Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
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Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread?
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Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,
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