Matthew 16:5-12

Modern English Version

The Yeast of Pharisees and Sadducees^(A)

⁵ But when His disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶ Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

⁷ They reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have taken no bread.”

⁸ But when Jesus perceived it, He said to them, “O you of little faith, why reason among yourselves, that it is because you have brought no bread? ⁹ Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you collected? ¹⁰ Or the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many baskets you collected? ¹¹ How is it that you do not understand that I spoke to you not concerning bread, but that you should beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees?” ¹² Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.