Matthew 16:1-12

The Demand for a Sign

16¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven. ² But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red; ³ and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red [and] lowering; ye know [how] to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times. ⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵ And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶ And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we have taken no bread. ⁸ And Jesus knowing [it], said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread? ⁹ Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took [up]? ¹⁰ nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took [up]? ¹¹ How do ye not understand that [it was] not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ¹² Then they comprehended that he did not speak of being beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.