Bits of Torah Truths – Torah Concept in the NT: Beware of the Pharisees – Episode 334
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Matthew 16:6-12
ו ״שִׂימוּ לְבַבְכֶם וְהִזָּהֲרוּ מִשְּׂאוֹר הַפְּרוּשִׁים וְהַצְּדוֹקִים.״ ז אַךְ הֵם אָמְרוּ בִּלְבָבָם, ״לֶחֶם לֹא לָקַחְנוּ.״ …יב אָז הֵבִינוּ כִּי לֹא אָמַר לָהֶם לְהִזָּהֵר מִשְּׂאוֹר הַלֶּחֶם אֶלָּא מִתּוֹרַת הַפְּרוּשִׁים וְהַצְּדוֹקִים.
Matthew 16:6–12
16:6 And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 16:7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.” 16:8 But Jesus, aware of this, said, “You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? 16:9 “Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? 16:10 “Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? 16:11 “How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 16:12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. (NASB)
There are parallels in the Torah to the concept of “Beware of Leaven” as mentioned in Matthew 16:6-12. In the Torah, leaven is often used as a metaphor for sin and corruption. For example, Leviticus 2:11 in the grain offerings, leaven was prohibited because it represented corruption and impurity: “No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord.” This passage highlights the symbolic use of leaven in the Torah to represent sin, corruption, and the need for purity and obedience. With this in mind, Yeshua warns in Matthew 16:6-12, to beware of the “leaven” of the Pharisees, which He identifies as their hypocritical and corrupt teachings. These things have no place in the lives of God’s people. This is how Yeshua taught Torah. The Torah has not passed away.
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