Matthew 16:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?”

Matthew 16:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Matthew 16:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Matthew 16:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.””

Matthew 16:11 — World English Bible

Matthew 16:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:11 — American Standard Version

Matthew 16:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“how do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of bread--to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?'”

Matthew 16:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Matthew 16:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“How do ye not understand that [it was] not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ”

Matthew 16:11 — Darby Translation

Matthew 16:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Why perceiue ye not that I said not vnto you concerning bread, that ye shoulde beware of the leauen of the Pharises and Sadduces?”

Matthew 16:11 — Geneva Bible

Matthew 16:11 in Context — Matthew 16

9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

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.

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

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What Does Matthew 16:11 Mean?

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