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  • Luke 12:1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 12 In the meantime, when a crowd of so many thousands had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, he started by saying first to his disciples: “Watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.+

  • Luke 12:1
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 12 ᾿Εν In οἷς which (things) ἐπισυναχθεισῶν having been led together upon τῶν of the μυριάδων myriads τοῦ of the ὄχλου, crowd, ὥστε as-and καταπατεῖν to be treading down ἀλλήλους, one another, ἤρξατο he started λέγειν to be saying πρὸς toward τοὺς the μαθητὰς disciples αὐτοῦ of him πρῶτον first Προσέχετε Be YOU giving attention ἑαυτοῖς to selves ἀπὸ from τῆς the ζύμης, leaven, ἥτις which ἐστὶν is ὑπόκρισις, hypocrisy, τῶν of the Φαρισαίων. Pharisees.

  • Luke 12:1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 12 In the meantime, when the crowd had gathered together in so many thousands* that they were stepping upon one another, he started out by saying first to his disciples: “Watch out for the leaven+ of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.+

  • Luke 12:1
    The Bible in Living English
    • 12* during which the crowds gathered round by tens of thousands so that they trampled each other, and he began to say to his disciples “First and foremost beware of Pharisee yeast; that is, hypocrisy.

  • Luke 12:1
    American Standard Version
    • 12 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Luke 12:1
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 12 Amongst which things, when the ten thousands of the multitude were gathered together so that they were treading one upon another he began to be saying unto his disciples first—Be keeping yourselves free from the leaven of the Pharisees, the which is hypocrisy.

  • Luke 12:1
    King James Version
    • 12 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 12:1 jy 180; gt chapter 77; w88 9/15 8

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 12:1 w52 74; w34 92; jh 100

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 12:1

      Jesus—The Way, p. 180

      The Watchtower,

      9/15/1988, p. 8

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 12:1

      of so many thousands: Lit., “of the myriads.” The Greek word literally refers to a group of 10,000, a myriad, but it can also be used of a very large, unspecified number.

      leaven: Or “yeast.” Often used 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.

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