Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees
Hypocrisy spreads quietly and corrupts the whole.
Jesus warns that hypocrisy works like leaven: subtle, multiplying, and dangerous in the inner life of communities.
Scripture
Matthew 16:6
6 Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mark 8:15
15 He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
Luke 12:1
1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.