5 Bible Verses about Leaven

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Mark 8:15

And He was charging them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod."

Matthew 13:33

Another parable He spake to them: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman, taking, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

Matthew 16:6

And Jesus said to them, "Take heed, 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 his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover was sacrificed, even, Christ;

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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 the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

And Jesus said to them, "Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Leaven » Illustrative of » The rapid spread of the gospel

Matthew 13:33

Another parable He spake to them: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman, taking, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

Luke 13:21

It is like leaven which a woman, taking, hid in three measures of meal until 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 ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover was sacrificed, even, Christ;

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 sincerity and truth.

Leaven » Diffusive properties of

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers

Galatians 5:8-9

The persuasion is not from Him Who calleth you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

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

Another parable He spake to them: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman, taking, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

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