Matthew 16:6
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Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Take.

Luke 12:15 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

the leaven.

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

Exodus 12:15-19 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread: in the first day there shall be no leaven in your houses; whosoever shall eat any thing leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall perish out of Israel. . . .

Leviticus 2:11 Every oblation that is offered to the Lord shall be made without leaven: neither shall any leaven or honey be burnt in the sacrifice to the Lord.

Mark 8:15 And he charged them saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

Luke 12:1 And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump? . . .

Galatians 5:9 A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.

2 Timothy 2:16,17 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they grow much towards ungodliness. . . .

the Pharisees.

Matthew 16:1 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Context
The Leaven to Beware
5And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread. 6Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.…
Cross References
Matthew 3:7
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 16:1
And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:5
And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread.

Matthew 16:7
But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.

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

Mark 8:15
And he charged them saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

Luke 12:1
And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?

Lexicon
“Watch out!”
Ὁρᾶτε (Horate)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

told
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

them.
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Beware
προσέχετε (prosechete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4337: From pros and echo; to hold the mind towards, i.e. Pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to.

of
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

yeast
ζύμης (zymēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2219: Leaven, ferment, both lit. and met. Probably from zeo; ferment.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαίων (Pharisaiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Sadducees.”
Σαδδουκαίων (Saddoukaiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4523: Probably from Sadok; a Sadducaean, or follower of a certain heretical Israelite.


Additional Translations
“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

And Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

and when Jesus said to them, "See to it: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,"

Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

and Jesus said to them, 'Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'
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