Luke 12:1 (WEB)
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.
Catechism · 1
“Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be brought to light.” — Catechism footnote: Cf Mk 12:38-40; Lk 12:1-3; Jn 3:20-21; Rom 2:16; I Cor 4:5.
Fathers and councils · 11
Tertullian
“Chapter XXVIII.—Examples from the Old Testament, Balaam, Moses, and Hezekiah, to Show How Completely the Instruction and Conduct of Christ Are in Keeping with the Will and Purpose of the Creator.” — editor's note: As narrated by St. Luke xii. 1–21.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
The Pharisees sought indeed to catch Jesus in His talk, that they might lead away the people from Him. But this design of theirs is reversed. For the people came all the more unto Him gathered together by thousands,…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
For they were false accusers; therefore Christ warned His disciples against them.
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NazianzusCatena Aurea on Luke
When leaven is praised it is as composing the bread of life, but when blamed it signifies a lasting and bitter maliciousness.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
He calls their hypocrisy leaven, as perverting and corrupting the intentions of the men in whom it has sprung up. For nothing so changes the characters of men as hypocrisy.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
For as a little leaven leaveneth a whole lump of meal, (1 Cor. 5:6.) so hypocrisy will rob the mind of all the purity and integrity of its virtues.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Our Lord has introduced a most forcible argument for preserving simplicity, and being zealous for the faith, that we should not after the manner of faithless Jews put one thing in practice, while in words we pretend…
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
He either then says this concerning that time when God shall judge the secrets of men, or He says it because however much a man may endeavour to hide the good deeds of another by discredit, good of its own nature…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
As if He says to His disciples, Although now some call you deceivers and wizards, time shall reveal all things and convict them of calumny, while it makes known your virtue. Therefore whatsoever things I have spoken…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Or He says this, because all the things which the Apostles of old spoke and suffered amid the darkness of oppression and the gloom of the prison, arc now that the Church is made known through the world and their acts…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Or this is addressed to the Pharisees; as if He said, O Pharisees, what you have spoken in darkness, that is, all your endeavours to tempt me in the secrets of your hearts, shall be heard in the light, for I am the…
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Bede on Luke 12:1–3 (Catena Aurea).