Luke 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

First

1 Corinthians 15:3

James 3:17

Which

General references

Matthew 23:1

Luke 14:25

Galatians 5:9

Bible References

First

For I passed on to you the [following] main principles that I received [i.e., by revelation]: Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures;

But the [true] wisdom, which is from [God] above, is first of all pure, then peace-loving, patient and easily persuaded. [It is] full of mercy and produces a crop of good deeds; [it is] impartial [or, unwavering] and sincere.

Which

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not know how to interpret [events of] this present time?

"It is too bad for you! For you people are like obscure grave sites that people walk over without knowing it."

Therefore, you should put out of your lives all malice [i.e., bad attitudes], and all deceit and hypocrisy, and all envy and unwholesome talk.

General references

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

Now large crowds were following Jesus and He turned [around] and said to them,

A little bit of yeast permeates the whole batch of dough [i.e., a few people can influence everyone else to do the wrong thing in this matter].