Luke 12:1

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Don’t Be Like the Pharisees^(A)

12 [^LMeanwhile] So many thousands of people had gathered that they were ·stepping [trampling] on each other. Jesus began to speak first to his ·followers [disciples], saying, “Beware of the ·yeast [leaven] of the Pharisees, ·because they are hypocrites [^Lwhich is hypocrisy; ^Cthe evil influence of the Pharisees was like yeast that would grow and affect everything around it; Mark 8:14–21].