Ideas that are like yeast

Mark 8:14-21

The Jews have a holiday called Passover. During that holiday, they eat flat bread. The bread is flat because it has no yeast in it. They are very careful that no yeast gets into their flour.

Jesus told the disciples that the Pharisees‘ ideas were like yeast. The Pharisees‘ rules seemed good. But they did not help people to believe God.

Also, Jesus spoke about the ideas of Herod‘s friends. Their ideas came from the foreign countries called Greece and Rome. There, people had many false gods. But there is only one God. And these ideas did not help people to know him.

So all these ideas were like yeast. They confused people. And then people did not believe God.

The disciples did not understand, so Jesus spoke about the bread. God had given this bread to the people. He gave them everything that they needed. There was even more food than they needed.

So, the disciples did not need the Pharisees‘ ideas. And they did not need Herod‘s ideas. God would teach them everything that they needed to know.