He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”
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He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”
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And he charged the sayinge. Take hede and beware of the leven of the pharises and of the leve of Herode.
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And he charged them, saying, Take heede, and beware of the leauen of the Pharises, and of the leauen of Herod.
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Passages linked to Mark 8:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump? Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place. Therefore let’s keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Matthew 16:11-12 How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Mark 12:13 They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
- Luke 12:1-2 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
- Exodus 12:18-20 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening. There shall be no yeast found in your houses for seven days, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a foreigner, or one who is born in the land. You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”
- Leviticus 2:11 “ ‘No meal offering which you shall offer to Yahweh shall be made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Proverbs 19:27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
- Matthew 14:1 At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
- 1 Timothy 6:13 I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
- 1 Chronicles 28:9-10 You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
- 1 Timothy 5:21 I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
- Matthew 22:15-18 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk. They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone. Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
- Luke 12:15 He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
- 2 Timothy 2:14 Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
- 1 Chronicles 28:20 David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain We must especially take heed of them which corrupt…
We must especially take heed of them which corrupt the word of God, what degree soever they be of, either in the Church, or in civil policy.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread,…
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
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Ver. 15. Of the leaven of Herod] Of the Sadducees, saith Matthew; to the which sect some conceive that Herod had now joined himself, the better to still the noise of his conscience by making himself believe there was no judgment to come.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he charged them,.... When they were in the…
And he charged them,.... When they were in the ship, and had just recollected themselves, that they had took no care to bring any provisions with them:
saying, take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees; and of the leaven of Herod: in Matthew, instead of "the leaven of Herod", it is read, "the leaven of the Sadducees": which are either the same, Herod and his courtiers being Sadducees, or favourers of them; or the Sadducees being sticklers for Herod, and his government, which the Pharisees had no good opinion of; or else distinct from one another; and so Christ cautions against the doctrines of the Pharisees, which regarded the traditions of the elders, and of the Sadducees, concerning the resurrection, and of the Herodians, who thought Herod to be the Messiah; and against the unreasonable request and demand of them all to have a sign from heaven, in proof of his own Messiahship; See Gill on Mat 16:6.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of…
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod, or of the Sadducees; two opposite extremes.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Of the leaven of Herod. In St. Matthew chap.…
Of the leaven of Herod. In St. Matthew chap. xvi. ver. 6, we read of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees: we may conclude that Christ named all of them. (Witham)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. the leaven of the Pharisees] Leaven in Scripture,…
15. the leaven of the Pharisees] Leaven in Scripture, with the single exception of the Parable (Mat_13:33; Luk_13:20-21), is always a symbol of evil (comp. 1Co_5:6-8; Gal_5:9), especially insidious evil, as it is for the most part also in the Rabbinical writers. See Lightfoot on Mat_16:6. The strict command to the children of Israel that they should carefully put away every particle of leaven out of their houses during the Passover-week, rests on this view of it as evil.
the leaven of Herod] “and,” as it is in St Matthew’s Gospel, “of the Sadducees.” The leaven of the Pharisees was hypocrisy (Luk_12:1), of the Sadducees, unbelief, of Herod, worldliness; all which working in secrecy and silence, and spreading with terrible certainty, cause that in the end “the whole man is leavened,” and his whole nature transformed.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) He charged them.—The verb is in the imperfect…
(15) He charged them.—The verb is in the imperfect tense, and implies that the command was more than once repeated. Hence they, too, “were reasoning,” more than once, what was the meaning of the precept on which so much stress was laid.
The leaven of Herod.—The words imply the presence among the questioners of Mar_8:11 of others besides the Pharisees. On the connection between the “leaven of Herod” and that of “the Sadducees” in Mat_16:6, see Note on that verse.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the…
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. St. Matthew (Mat_15:6) says, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;" thus St. Mark identifies the leaven of the Sadducees with that of Herod. "Leaven" here means "doctrine." They were not to beware of this, so far as the Pharisees rightly taught and explained the Law of Moses; but only so far as they corrupted that Law by their own vain traditions, contrary to the Law of God, St. Luke (Luk_12:11) calls this leaven "hypocrisy;" because the Pharisees only regarded outward ceremonies, and neglected the inward sanctification of the Spirit. St. Jerome says, "This is the leaven of which the Apostle speaks where he says, "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." Marcion and Valentinus and all heretics have had this kind of leaven, which is on every account to be avoided. Leaven has this property, that, however small it may be in quantity, it spreads its influence rapidly through the mass. And so if only a little spark of heretical doctrine be admitted into the soul, speedily a great flame arises, and envelopes the whole man."
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain leaven See note 4, (See Scofield "Mat 13:33")
leaven See note 4, (See Scofield "Mat 13:33")
Herod See margin ref., (See Scofield "Mat 14:1")
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:15 Matthew says that the yeast of the Pharisees…
8:15 Matthew says that the yeast of the Pharisees refers to their false teaching (Matt 16:12). It could also refer to their unbelief and hardness of heart (Mark 8:10-13). The reference to Herod could point to his unwillingness to accept what he knew to be true (6:14, 16, 20).
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