Matthew 16:12

Matthew 16:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Context of Matthew 16:12

10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up? 11How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 13When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 16:12 word by word

Τότε συνῆκαν ὅτι οὐκ εἶπεν προσέχειν ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν ἄρτων ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ τῆς διδαχῆς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• understood theyσυνίημιsuniēmi · to understandG4920
• how thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• he badeλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• notοὐou · noG3756
• bewareπροσέχωprosechō · to watch outG4337
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the leavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the leavenζύμηzumē · leavenG2219
• of breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• the doctrineδιδαχήdidachē · teachingG1322
• of the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• of the SadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοςSaddoukaios · SadduceeG4523

Cross-references for Matthew 16:12

• Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
• Matthew 23:13“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
• Acts 23:8(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

Commentaries on Matthew 16:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The account in these verses is also recorded in Mark 8:13-21. Matthew 16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side - That is, to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Mark says that he entered into a ship again, and departed to the other side. The conversation with the Pharisees and Sadducees had been on the western side of the Sea of Galilee. See the notes at Matthew 15:39. They crossed from that side again to the east. Had…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Christ speaks of spiritual things under a similitude, and the disciples misunderstand him of carnal things. He took it ill that they should think him as thoughtful about bread as they were; that they should be so little acquainted with his way of preaching. Then understood they what he meant. Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Leaven (or yeast) often symbolizes sin and evil (see Exodus 12:8, 15; Leviticus 6:16–17; Galatians 5:9). Here, it represents how deceptive teaching spreads.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 16:12

• Apostles
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Minister, Christian
• Pharisees
• Sadducees

In the dictionaries

• Adulterous
• Bind
• Blood
• Gain
• Gate
• Hell
• Leaven
• Loose
• Profited
• Reason

Commentaries on Matthew 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings