What is the significance of yeast in the New Testament?
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Asked January 27 2014
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Nelly OKEKE
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Robert Shirley
Yeast (or leaven) represented sin in the Old Testament, and this carried over into New Testament times. It represented hypocrisy (Lk.12:1),worldliness (Mk. 8:15), rationalism (Mt. 6:6,12), evil conduct (1 Cor. 5:6), and false doctrine (Gal. 5:9).
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