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Matthew 16:12

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

KJV

τότε συνῆκαν ὅτι οὐκ εἶπεν προσέχειν ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τῆς διδαχῆς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων.

Greek NT

Tunc intellexerunt quia non dixerit cavendum a fermento panum, sed a doctrina pharisæorum et sadducæorum.

Vulgate

Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

ASV

Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σαδδουκαῖος
saddoukaios
noun · 15×
Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
διδαχή
didache
noun · 30×
ζύμη
zume
noun · 13×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προσέχω
prosecho
verb · 24×
συνίημι
suniemi
verb · 26×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: τῶν ἄρτων | WH/Treg/NIV: τῶν ἄρτων | RP: τοῦ ἄρτου
  • τῶν ἄρτωνSBLGNT
  • τῶν ἄρτωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τοῦ ἄρτουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
  • Acts 23:8 — For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
  • Matt 5:20 — For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 16:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
  • Prov 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.