5 Bible Verses about Leaven

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Mark 8:15

And he charged them, saying, Observe 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 sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 16:6

And Jesus said to them, Observe and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

1 Corinthians 5:5-7

to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Your rejoicing is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole mass? Remove the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, as you are unleavened; for Christ our passover was also 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 tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

And Jesus said to them, Observe and beware 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 sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Luke 13:21

It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Leaven » Used with thank offerings

Leaven » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors

1 Corinthians 5:6-7

Your rejoicing is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole mass? Remove the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, as you are unleavened; for Christ our passover was also sacrificed for us.

Leaven » Illustrative of » Malice and wickedness

1 Corinthians 5:8

Let us therefore keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with a leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Leaven » Diffusive properties of

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your rejoicing is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole mass?

Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers

Galatians 5:8-9

This persuasion is not of 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 sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

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