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Matthew 16:11

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

And to teach thee how great the power of His reproof, and how it roused up their slumbering mind, hear what saith the evangelist. For Jesus having said no more, but having reproved them, and added this only, "How is it that ye do not understand, that I spake it not to you concerning bread that ye should beware, but of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;" He subjoined, saying, "Then understood they that He bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees," although He had not …

Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 53 ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Why do you not understand, that it was not of bread I said to you, namely material bread, but rather spiritual bread; which bread is called doctrine in John 6:64: the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Commentary on Matthew ↗