Matthew 16:1–12

The Signs of the Times

16And when^* the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test him,^* they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ²So he answered and^* said to them, “When^* evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather because the sky is red,’ ³and early in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy weather, because the sky is red and^* darkening.’ You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able to evaluate^* the signs of the times. ⁴An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah!” And he left them and^* went away.

Beware the Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵And when^* the disciples arrived at the other side,^a they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶And Jesus said to them, “Watch out for and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” ⁷So they were discussing this^* among themselves, saying, “It is because we did not take bread.” ⁸But knowing this,^* Jesus said, “Why are you discussing among yourselves that you did not take bread,^b you of little faith? ⁹Do you not yet understand or do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up? ¹¹How do you not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” ¹²Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.