doctrine. teaching. This was the word which the Lord had been implying in Matthew 16:6, using the Figure of speech Hypocatastasis. App-6. The woman of Canaan saw what was implied in the word "dog"; and her faith was called "great" (Matthew 15:28); the disciples did not understand what the Lord implied by the word "leaven", and their faith was "little".
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Matthew 16:12
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.