Matthew 16:1–12

Debate Over a Sign from Heaven

Mark 8:11, 12

16Then the ^aPharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. ²He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; ³and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ¹Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. ^4bA wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of ²the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

Withdrawal of Jesus

Mark 8:13–21

⁵Now ^cwhen His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶Then Jesus said to them, ^d“Take heed and beware of the ³leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”

⁷And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have taken no bread.”

⁸But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you ⁴have brought no bread? ^9eDo you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? ^10fNor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? ¹¹How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the ⁵leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” ¹²Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the ⁶doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.