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What Does the Bible Say About Hypocrites? Luke 12:1 (KJV)

Sermon on the Mount · Part 11 · Primary passage: Luke 12:1 (KJV) · May 27, 2026 · 1h 23m

Title/primary = Luke 12:1; description also covers Matthew 6:1-4 (alms).

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What does the Bible say about hypocrites? In Luke 12:1 (KJV) Jesus warns, "Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy." Sermon on the Mount Part 11 with Matt Hepner and TopLobsta: giving in secret (Matthew 6:1-4), what hypocrite means in Greek, and Jesus' woes to the Pharisees.

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Luke 12:1 (KJV)

1 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.

King James Version · public domain