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NASB					Matt 16:6 And Jesus²⁴²⁴ said³⁰⁰⁴ to them, "Watch³⁷⁰⁸ out and ^Abeware⁴³³⁷ of the ¹leaven²²¹⁹ of the ^BPharisees⁵³³⁰ and Sadducees⁴⁵²³."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 16:6 Jesus said to them, "Watch out and be on your guard against the ¹leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

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Or yeast

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Here, leaven represents the man-made traditions and false teachings of the Pharisees which were preventing the nation of Israel from attaining right standing with God and from recognizing and accepting the Messiah.

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Mark 8:15 And He was giving orders to them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

Matt 3:7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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2219

zumê; from a prim. root; leaven:--leaven(13).

2424

Iêsous; of Heb. or. [3091]; Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr.:--Jesus(904), Jesus'(7), Joshua(3).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3708

horaô; a prim. vb.; to see, perceive, attend to:--appear(2), appeared(21), appearing(1), behold(3), beware(1), certainly seen(1), do(2), look(5), look after(1), looked(12), perceive(3), recognizing(1), saw(180), see(129), seeing(20), seen(63), seen...see(1), sees(2), suffer(1), undergo(3), underwent(1), watch(2), witnessed(1).

4337

prosechô; from 4314 and 2192; to hold to, turn to, attend to:--addicted(1), beware(8), give attention(1), giving...attention(1), giving attention(2), guard(3), officiated(1), pay attention(2), pay...attention(1), paying attention(2), respond(1), take care(1).

4523

Saddoukaios; prob. of Heb. or. [6659]; a Sadducee, a member of a Jewish religious sect:--Sadducees(14).

5330

Pharisaios; of Heb. or., cf. [6567a]; a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect:--Pharisaic(1), Pharisee(10), Pharisee's(2), Pharisees(86).

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