The Leaven of the Pharisees

(Matthew 16:5–12; Mark 8:14–21)

12 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. [Jesus] began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 [There] is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and [nothing] hidden that will not be made known. 3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.