The scribes and Pharisees are becoming more vocal in their opposition to Jesus.
These Pharisees were probably sent from Jerusalem by Jewish religious authorities to learn Jesus position on important issues. They question Him about ritual hand washing. Jesus responds by calling them hypocrites. The term originally referred to actors who wore masks on stage as they played different characters. So Jesus is saying that the Pharisees were not genuinely religious; they were merely playing a part for all to see.
Jesus later warns the Disciples to beware of "the leaven or the yeast" symbols of the growing corruption of the Pharisees and of Herod Antipas which was spreading throughout Israel. This King Herod was one of the four son's of Herod the great, the king that killed the male babies after the birth of Jesus.
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