Matthew 16:11-12 - "How is it you fail to perceive that I was not speaking about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees" Then they understood that he was talking about the teaching of the Pharisees and Saduccees.
Teachings - the rules-lawyering of the Pharisees and Sadducees. They have exchanged the ends for the means. The end of the law is the peaceful ordering of society and its relations to God. The Law is the means to that end. Yet, the Pharisees and Sadducees have mistaken the means (the Law) for the end (Peace). There are many today who do the same thing. I do this too.
Discernment is required to distinguish between the two in every situation. There is no one law for everyone that is just. This is another thing about the Ps and the Ss - their laws were often unjust to the poor and outcasts. Spiritual purity was their focus, rather than the flourishing of all Israel. In pursuing it, they lost the true spiritual purity - working for the flourishing of all.
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