^39 (A)And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of ^[a]Magdala.

The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign^(B)

16 Then the ^(C)Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. ² He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; ³ and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ^[b]Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. ^4 (D)A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of ^[c]the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees^(E)

⁵ Now ^(F)when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶ Then Jesus said to them, ^(G)“Take heed and beware of the ^[d]leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”

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

⁸ But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you ^[e]have brought no bread? ^9 (H)Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? ^10 (I)Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? ¹¹ How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the ^[f]leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” ¹² Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the ^[g]doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.