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Thenτότεthey understoodσυνῆκανthatὅτιhe did notοὐκtell themεἶπενto bewareπροσέχεινofἀπὸthe leavenτῆς ζύμηςof bread,τῶν ἄρτωνbutἀλλὰofἀπὸthe teachingτῆς διδαχῆςof the Phariseesτῶν ΦαρισαίωνandκαὶSadducees.Σαδδουκαίων
Matthew 16:12
Study it in the app“Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 16:12, word by word
- Thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- they understoodσυνῆκανsynēkan
understand
Understand, grasp.
Where else “synēkan” appears- tell themεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- to bewareπροσέχεινprosechein
beware
To be alert: "look out for…".
Where else “prosechein” appears- the leavenζύμηςzymēs
yeast
Yeast: fermented dough that makes bread rise; an image of what spreads from within.
Where else “zymēs” appears- of breadἄρτωνartōn
bread
A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.
Where else “artōn” appears- the teachingδιδαχῆςdidachēs
teaching
Teaching.
Where else “didachēs” appears- of the PhariseesΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōn
Pharisee
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish group that kept the law of Moses and the traditions of its teachers strictly.
Where else “Pharisaiōn” appears- SadduceesΣαδδουκαίωνSaddoukaiōn
Sadducee
Sadducee: a member of a Jewish party of the priestly families, who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead.
Where else “Saddoukaiōn” appears
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The yeast of the Pharisees
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Matthew 16:5-12
5And when the disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 7And they were discussing among themselves, saying, “We did not take bread.” 8But Jesus, knowing it, said, “Why are you discussing among yourselves, you of little faith, that you did not take bread? 9Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? 10Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? 11How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
14And they had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have with them in the boat more than one loaf. 15And he was warning them, saying, “Watch out, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 16And they were discussing with one another that they had no bread. 17And knowing this, he says to them, “Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have your heart hardened? 18Having eyes, do you not see, and having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, 19when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They say to him, “Twelve.” 20“And when the seven for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” And they say to him, “Seven.” 21And he was saying to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
1Meanwhile, when the crowd had gathered by the thousands, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
The context
11How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
12 · This verse (above)
13Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he was asking his disciples, saying, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
To study Matthew 16 in a group
1. What it says
Who did people say Jesus was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 13–16)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by losing one's life in order to find it (vv. 24–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asks, “But who do you say that I am?” (v. 15). How would you answer in your own words?