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The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Matthew 16:6

In 9 translations

BSB
“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
KJV
¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
WEB
Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
ASV
And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
LSV
and Jesus said to them, “Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees”;
YLT
and Jesus said to them, 'Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'
DBY
And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
DRC
Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
GNV
Then Iesus said vnto them, Take heede and beware of the leauen of the Pharises and Sadduces.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὁρᾶτε καὶ προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων.
RP2018
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ὁρᾶτε καὶ προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ὁρᾶτε καὶ προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων.
SCR1894
ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτοις ορατε και προσεχετε απο της ζυμης των φαρισαιων και σαδδουκαιων

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👤 Jesus Christ◆ Discourse with Pharisees and Saducees

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  • Galatians 5:9A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
  • Matthew 16:12Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • 1 Corinthians 5:6–8Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover…
  • Leviticus 2:11No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
  • Mark 8:15“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
  • 2 Timothy 2:16–17But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness, and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
  • Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  • Exodus 12:15–19For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. On the…

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