Matthew 16:6 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:6

“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

KJV

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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Commentary

6 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verses 6, 7.) Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. But they were discussing among themselves, saying, 'We did not bring any bread.' He who avoids the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees does not observe the precepts of the Law and the teachings of men, neglecting the traditions in order to fulfill God's commandment.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Then Jesus said unto them,.... Either taking occasion from the disciples observing that they had forgot to take bread with them, or on account of what passed between him and the Pharisees and Sadducees, he gave the following advice to his disciples; take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees - That is, of their false doctrine: this is elegantly so called; for it spreads in the soul, or the Church, as leaven does in meal. They reasoned among themselves - What must we do then for bread, since we have taken no bread with us? Why reason ye - Why are you troubled about this?

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But now they forgot; we will hope it was because their minds and memories were filled with better things. Note, Christ's disciples are often such as have no great forecast for the world. Here is the caution Christ gave them, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Beware of the leaven - What the leaven of Pharisees and Sadducees was has been already explained, see Mat 16:1. Bad doctrines act in the soul as leaven does in meal; they assimulate the whole Spirit to their own nature. A man’s particular creed has a greater influence on his tempers and conduct than most are aware of. Pride, hypocrisy, and worldly-mindedness, which constituted the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, ruin the major part of the world.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ὁρᾶτε	horate	do watch	G3708 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσέχετε	prosechete	do beware	G4337 →
ἀπὸ	apo	of	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ζύμης	zumēs	leaven	G2219 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
Φαρισαίων	Pharisaiōn	Pharisees	G5330 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Σαδδουκαίων.	Saddoukaiōn	Sadducees.	G4523 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
leads to
- Mark 8:15
  “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
  Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Luke 12:1
  In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6–7
  Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- Luke 13:21
  It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Through
Luke 12:1
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:1
  Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7–8
  Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Through
Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
leads to
- Matthew 5:20
  For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.