Matthew 16:1-12
The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs
1 a And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and b to test him c they asked him to show them d a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them ▼
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Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3
f “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ g You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret h the signs of the times. 4 i An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So j he left them and departed. The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 Jesus said to them, “Watch and k beware of l the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 7 And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” 8 But m Jesus, aware of this, said, n “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? 9 o Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember p the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 10 Or q the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 11 How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? r Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12 s Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of t the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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