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Matthew 16:6-16
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“Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread.
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Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread?
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Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up?
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Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up?
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Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”
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Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
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“Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”
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Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”
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Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
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[a].
“Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
[b].
Or the Christ. Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”
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