Matthew 15:12

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

11Not that which entereth the mouth, defileth a man; but that which proceedeth from the mouth, that defileth a man.

13And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated.

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Cross References

Matthew 17:27But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater: that take, and give for me and for thyself.

2 Corinthians 6:3Give ye no occasion of offence to any one in any thing, that there may be no reproach on our ministry.

James 3:17But the wisdom which is from above, is pure, and full of peace, and mild, and submissive, and full of compassion and of good fruits, and without partiality, and without respect of persons.

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 →

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