He told them another parable:“ The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds of flour until all of it was leavened.”
Now some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk, but the power of those who are arrogant.
Then Jesus told them,“ Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”They were discussing among themselves,“ We didn’t bring any bread.”Aware of this, Jesus said,“ You of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you collected?Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many large baskets you collected?Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you,‘ Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”Then they understood that he had not told them to beware of the leaven in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.