Matthew 16

1 Ref And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

2 Ref But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.

3 Ref And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.

4 Ref An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.

5 Ref And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.

6 Ref And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

7 Ref And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

8 Ref And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

9 Ref Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

10 Ref Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

11 Ref How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

12 Ref Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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