Matthew 16:12 — Bible Verse (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.”

Matthew 16:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Matthew 16:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Matthew 16:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:12 — World English Bible

Matthew 16:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ”

Matthew 16:12 — American Standard Version

Matthew 16:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Matthew 16:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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. ”

Matthew 16:12 — Darby Translation

Matthew 16:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then vnderstood they that he had not said that they should beware of the leauen of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharises, and Sadduces.”

Matthew 16:12 — Geneva Bible

Matthew 16:12 in Context — Matthew 16

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?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

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What Does Matthew 16:12 Mean?

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