16:8-10
Jesus knew what the disciples were saying and rebuked them for it, asking them if they had learnt nothing from the two recent miracles. The miracles had demonstrated that a lack of bread was not a problem! So often God will do something in our lives, we will gratefully accept the result, but will not think beyond that. We will not learn that God really does care for us, that His care for our well-being is real and continuous.
16:11,12
Having admonished them Jesus repeats His instruction to beware the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Having got their minds off its fixation with bread they finally understood what Jesus was on about, that it was the teaching that they needed Jesus was warning against. Our minds can get so focused on something that really does not matter, this is both bad in itself, usually causing anxiety. But it also blinds our minds to what really matters. Once we get our minds off this thing we can see much more clearly.
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