Mark 8:14-21 Part 3 of 3

     The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. "Be careful," Jesus warned them. "Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod."

    They discussed this with one another and said, "It is because we have no bread."

    Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"

    "Twelve," they replied.

    "And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?"

    They answered, "Seven."

    He then said to them, "Do you still not understand?"   

 

"Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember? ... how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?" They answered, "Seven." 

Matthew 16:9-10

"Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many basketfuls you gathered?"

 

He said to them, "Do you still not understand?"

Matthew 16:11-12

"How is it you don't understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.  

(see Matthew 16:1-12) 

 

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