Matthew 16:11
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?
Matthew 16:11 in other translations
| BSB | How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” |
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| WEB | 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.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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?' |
| DARBY | How do ye not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? |
| BBE | How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? |
| Webster | How is it that ye do not understand that I spoke not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? |
What does Matthew 16:11 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 16:5-12
Christ speaks of spiritual things under a similitude, and the disciples misunderstand him of carnal things. He took it ill that they should think him as thoughtful about bread as they were; that they should be so little acquainted with his way of preaching. Then understood they what he meant. Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.
Matthew 16:11 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 16:11
- Mark 8:21
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
- Mark 4:40
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
- Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Luke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
- John 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
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Context
- Matthew 16:10
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matthew 16:11
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?
- Matthew 16:12
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.
Matthew 16:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Cómo es que no entendéis que no por el pan os dije, que os guardaseis de la levadura de los Fariseos y de los Saduceos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comment n’entendez-vous pas que ce n’était pas touchant du pain que je vous disais: Soyez en garde contre le levain des pharisiens et des sadducéens? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie, verstehet ihr nicht, daß ich euch nicht von Broten sagte: Hütet euch vor dem Sauerteig der Pharisäer und Sadducäer? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quare non intelligitis, quia non de pane dixi vobis: Cavete a fermento pharisæorum et sadducæorum? |