²He responded to them, “In the evening you say that the weather will be fine because the sky is red. ³And in the morning you say that there will be a storm today because the sky is red and overcast. You can forecast the weather by judging the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

⁴“Evil and unfaithful people look for a miraculous sign. But the only sign they will be given is that of Jonah.”

Then he left them standing there and went away.

The Yeast of the Pharisees—Mark 8:13b–21

⁵The disciples had forgotten to take any bread along when they went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

⁶Jesus said to them, “Be careful! Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

⁷The disciples had been discussing among themselves that they had not taken any bread along.

⁸Jesus knew about their conversation and asked, “Why are you discussing among yourselves that you don’t have any bread? You have so little faith! ⁹Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you filled? ¹⁰Don’t you remember the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many large baskets you filled? ¹¹Why don’t you understand that I wasn’t talking to you about bread? Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

¹²Then they understood that he didn’t say to watch out for the yeast in bread, but to watch out for the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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