World English Bible

Matthew 16:12

“Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Verse in context — Matthew 16

Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?

They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.