5 Bible Verses about Leaven

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Mark 8:15

And he charged them, saying: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of. heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 16:6

And Jesus said to them: Take heed and be ware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

1 Corinthians 5:5-7

that we deliver such a one over to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your boasting is not good; know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole mass? Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, as you are without leaven; for Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed for us.

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Feast of the passover » Leaven » Not to be in any of their quarters

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Punishment for eating

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Not to be in their houses during

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Nothing with, to be eaten

Leaven » Forbidden » Burnt offering » Meat offering

Leaven » Illustrative of » Doctrines of pharisees, &c

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

And Jesus said to them: Take heed and be ware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Leaven » Illustrative of » The rapid spread of the gospel

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of. heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Luke 13:21

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Leaven » Used with thank offerings

Leaven » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors

1 Corinthians 5:6-7

Your boasting is not good; know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole mass? Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, as you are without leaven; for Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed for us.

Leaven » Illustrative of » Malice and wickedness

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of purity and truth.

Leaven » Diffusive properties of

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good; know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole mass?

Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers

Galatians 5:8-9

This readiness to be persuaded is not from him that calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole mass.

Leaven » Forbidden » During the feast of passover

Leaven » First fruits of wheat offered with

Leaven » Forbidden » To be offered with blood

Leaven » Used in making bread

Parables » Parables of Christ » Leaven

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of. heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

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