¹¹ “‘Every grain offering you bring to the Lord must be made without yeast,^(A) for you are not to burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the Lord.

⁹ “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”^(A)

Warnings and Encouragements^(A)

12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be^[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.^(B)

¹⁸ “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.^(A)

“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.^(B)

² As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,^(A) but rather for the will of God.

²² strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.^(A) “We must go through many hardships^(B) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

³⁴ “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,^(A) and that day will close on you suddenly^(B) like a trap.

¹⁵ “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast^(A) of the Pharisees^(B) and that of Herod.”^(C)

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