“Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” (Mk 8,15) At first, the disciples of Christ thought Christ was referring to the fact that they only brought one loaf of ...

"Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy... " was a timely warning from Jesus Christ to his disciples in ancient Rome. He didn't leave his disciples in the dark over why he handed ...

Hypocrisy is the leaven that causes men and women to be self-centered and indifferent to the world around them, Pope Francis said. "This leaven is dangerous," the pope said Oct. 19 in his homily ...

In Mark 8:15, Jesus warned His disciples, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” Leaven in Scripture represents influence — especially that which corrupts ...

One aspect of the gospels and of Jesus as a teacher is the power of language to transcend the literal meaning of words that reveal a much deeper realm of metaphor and symbol. If we cannot cross this ...

“Leaven” is a term used 39 times in the Bible, and Scripture usually refers to leaven as a type of sin. When God gave Moses instructions for celebrating the Passover, they were told to remove all ...