Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 16:7

"And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread." — Matthew 16:7 (ASV)

Their thoughts ran along the low material level, from leaven to bread. Did they imagine that He forbade their borrowing leaven from the Pharisees when they began to make a batch of bread? How could they have found any meaning in the literal sense of leaven as applied to the Sadducees? They were earthbound by anxiety, or they could not have blundered so foolishly.

When a number of hungry men are together, is it not very natural that they should look at everything with hungry eyes? Yes, it is natural, and it is not natural for people to be spiritual. We need to pray that we may not reason among ourselves after the same groveling fashion, when we come into a little need.