“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

“Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

Then he said to the council, “Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

“Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.