Matthew 16:11
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
KJV
πῶς οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι οὐ περὶ ἄρτων εἶπον ὑμῖν; προσέχετε δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων.
Greek NT
Quare non intelligitis, quia non de pane dixi vobis : Cavete a fermento pharisæorum et sadducæorum ?
Vulgate
How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
ASV
Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἄρτων — SBLGNT
- ἄρτων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἄρτου — Robinson-Pierpont
- προσέχετε δὲ — SBLGNT
- προσέχετε δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- προσέχειν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Cross-references
- John 8:43 — Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
- Luke 12:56 — Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
- Mark 4:40 — And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
- Mark 7:18 — And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
- Mark 8:15 — And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
- Mark 8:21 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
- Mark 8:21 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
- Matt 3:7 — But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matt 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matt 15:16 — And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
- Matt 16:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.