"The disciples had forgotten to bring more bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. Then JESUS warned them, 'Keep your eyes open, and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.' And they said to one another, 'HE saw that we have no bread.'
Aware of this, JESUS asked them, 'Why are you talking about the loaves you are short of? Do you not see or understand? Are your minds closed? Have you eyes that don't see and ears that don't hear? And do you not remember when I broke the five loaves among five thousand? How many baskets full of leftovers did you collect?' They answered, 'Twelve.' 'And having distributed seven loaves to the four thousand, how many wicker baskets of leftovers did you collect?' They answered, "Seven.' Then JESUS said to them, 'Do you still not understand?'" - Mark 8:14-21
(JESUS tells HIS apostles to beware of the Pharisee's spirit [of becoming like the Pharisees] but they do not listen, being concerned about the food.
JESUS says: Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, meaning their teaching [Matthew 16:12]. The Pharisees saw JESUS as a popular worker-wonder who threatened their authority as a religious and popular leader of the people. Since the disciples had forgotten to bring more bread, they missed JESUS' point about the leaven of the Pharisees. JESUS fears that HIS disciples, because of being common people, would let themselves be impressed by the knowledge and fame of the Pharisees, and HE warns them that these people build religion on the wrong basis.
JESUS agreed with the Pharisees on the general way of understanding the Scriptures, but not the spirit of many among them. As "master" HE chose a way opposed to theirs. Instead of a teaching that comes from above HE became part of a natural group of quite simple people and formed them through action. HE made them reflect on what they saw, on what they did, and above all on what GOD was doing among them as they worked with HIM.)
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