Mark 8:11–21

THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND HEROD

¹¹The^ac Pharisees^ad came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign^ae from heaven^af to test^ag him. ¹²Sighing deeply in his spirit,^ah he said, “Why does this generation^ai demand a sign? Truly I tell you,^aj no sign will be given to this generation.” ¹³Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

¹⁴The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. ¹⁵Then^ak he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven^Aal of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”^{am 16}They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. ¹⁷Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?^{an 18}Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear?^Bao And do you not remember?^{ap 19}When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect?”

“Twelve,” they told him.

²⁰“When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you collect?”

“Seven,” they said.

²¹And he said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”^aq