Matthew 16:1-12

The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs

1 ¹And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and ²to test him ³they asked him to show them ⁴a sign from heaven.

2 He answered them,^{[a] 5}"When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

3 And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.'⁶You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret ⁷the signs of the times.

4 ⁸An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So ⁹he left them and departed.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.

6 Jesus said to them, "Watch and ¹⁰beware of ¹¹the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

7 And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."

8 But ¹²Jesus, aware of this, said, ¹³"O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?

9 ¹⁴Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember ¹⁵the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

10 Or ¹⁶the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

11 How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? ¹⁷Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

12 ¹⁸Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of ¹⁹the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.