Watch Out for the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ When his disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread along. ⁶ Jesus said to them, “Watch out and be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

⁷ They were discussing this among themselves and said, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”

⁸ Since Jesus knew what they were saying, he said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you brought no bread? ⁹ Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many basketfuls you picked up? ¹⁰ Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many basketfuls you picked up? ¹¹ How is it that you do not understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

¹² Then they understood that he was not warning them about the yeast in bread, but about the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.