Never judge a book by its cover and never judge a person by their outward appearance. The Pharisees were known to obey every little nuance of the Law but were filled with self importance, power seeking and desiring the adulation of the masses. Beware of those who in the light of the public eye live one way and their private lives are filled with darkness. The pure truth of the word of God is filled with a servant’s attitude and putting the needs of others ahead of your own.
Leaven here represents the presence of corruption. Unleavened bread is what the Jews ate at Passover. The corruption in view here is hypocrisy. Practicing hypocrisy is senseless because eventually all deeds—both good and evil—will be exposed.
Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”
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