5 Bible Verses about Leaven

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Mark 8:15

And therefore as He was giving them a charge, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,

Matthew 13:33

Another parable spake He unto them, saying, The gospel-kingdom is like leaven, which a woman took and put into a large quantity of dough, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 16:6

and therefore when Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the pharisees and of the sadducees,

1 Corinthians 5:5-7

of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such a one unto 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. Do ye not know that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new mass, without leaven. For our paschal lamb, even Christ, was slain 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 doctrine of the pharisees and of the sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

and therefore when Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the pharisees and of the sadducees,

Leaven » Illustrative of » The rapid spread of the gospel

Matthew 13:33

Another parable spake He unto them, saying, The gospel-kingdom is like leaven, which a woman took and put into a large quantity of dough, till the whole was leavened.

Luke 13:21

It is like leaven, which a woman took and put into three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Leaven » Used with thank offerings

Leaven » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors

1 Corinthians 5:6-7

Do ye not know that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new mass, without leaven. For our paschal lamb, even Christ, was slain for us.

Leaven » Illustrative of » Malice and wickedness

1 Corinthians 5:8

Wherefore let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavening of sincerity and truth.

Leaven » Diffusive properties of

Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers

Galatians 5:8-9

This persuasion came not from him that called you: but a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass. I have confidence in you however through the Lord,

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 spake He unto them, saying, The gospel-kingdom is like leaven, which a woman took and put into a large quantity of dough, till the whole was leavened.

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