Matthew 15:12

Then came his disciples and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard that saying, were offended?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

In Context

11That which enters the mouth does not defile the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

13But he answered and said: Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.

Read all of Matthew 15

Cross References

Matthew 17:27But that we may give them no offense, go to the sea, and throw in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first; and when you have opened his mouth, you will find a stater; take that, and give to them for me and you.

2 Corinthians 6:3for we put no stumbling-block in any man’s way, in order that this ministry may not be blamed;

James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21

What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 15:12