"Now as for you, my son Solomon, get to know the God of your father. Serve him with a sound heart and a devoted soul, because the LORD is searching every heart, every plan and thought. He will be found by you, assuming you are seeking him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you forever.

With God as my witness, as well as the Messiah Jesus and the chosen angels, I solemnly call on you to carry out these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality.

Since you are in the presence of God, who gives life to everything, and in the presence of the Messiah Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, I solemnly charge you

Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.

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My son, if you stop listening to instruction, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

Jesus told them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Meanwhile, the people had gathered by the thousands and were trampling on one another. Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. "Watch out for the yeast that is, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees!

The leaven of the

In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day of the month, you are to eat unleavened bread.

"Any grain offering that you bring to the LORD is not to be prepared with yeast, because anything with leaven and honey may not be offered in smoke as an offering by fire to the LORD.

Your boasting is not good. You know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough, don't you?

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Then they sent some Pharisees and some Herodians to him, intending to trap him in what he said.

Then the Pharisees went and planned how to trap Jesus in conversation.

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A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.