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  • Mark 8:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 15 And he warned them in no uncertain terms: “Keep your eyes open; look out for the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”+

  • Mark 8:15
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 15 καὶ And διεστέλλετο he was giving orders αὐτοῖς to them λέγων saying Ὁρᾶτε, Be YOU seeing, βλέπετε be YOU looking out ἀπὸ from τῆς the ζύμης leaven τῶν of the Φαρισαίων Pharisees καὶ and τῆς the ζύμης leaven Ἡρῴδου. of Herod.

  • Mark 8:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 15 And he began to order them expressly and say: “Keep YOUR eyes open, look out for the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”+

  • Mark 8:15
    The Bible in Living English
    • 15 And he was charging them “See that you keep clear of Pharisee yeast and Herod’s yeast”;

  • Mark 8:15
    American Standard Version
    • 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

  • Mark 8:15
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 15 And he began charging them saying—Mind! beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod!

  • Mark 8:15
    King James Version
    • 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 8:15 w18.06 6; it-1 1096, 1099; it-2 230; jy 140, 180; w95 3/15 24; gt chapter 58; w87 12/1 8

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 8:15 sl 210; ad 758, 761, 1051

  • Mark
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 8:15

      The Watchtower (Study),

      6/2018, p. 6

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1096, 1099

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 230

      Jesus—The Way, pp. 140, 180

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/1995, p. 24

      12/1/1987, pp. 8-9

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 8:15

      leaven: Or “yeast.” Often used figuratively in the Bible to denote corruption and sin, “leaven” here refers to corrupt teaching and influence. (Mt 16:6, 11, 12; 1Co 5:6-8) The repetition of the word in this verse suggests that “the leaven” of the Pharisees was different from that of Herod and his party followers, the Herodians. This latter group was more political than religious. An example of their nationalistic “leaven” was the question about the paying of taxes that the two groups used in an attempt to trap Jesus.​—Mr 12:13-15.

      Herod: Some ancient manuscripts read “Herodians.”​—See Glossary, “Herod, party followers of.”

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