What Jesus desires is an honest faith marked by transparency—one that removes religious masks! “Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to His disciples, saying: ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs’” (Luke 12:1–3). (1) As I meditated on Luke 12:1–3 today, my attention was first drawn to the Greek word translated “beware,” “Προσέχετε” (prosechete). The reason is that Jesus spoke these words—“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy”—first to His disciples, even though tens of thousands of people had gathered. (a) ...
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