Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 15:16
16“Do you still lack understanding?” he asked.
Matthew 15:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
- New International Version (NIV)“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "Are you also still without understanding?
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding?
Context of Matthew 15:16
14Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15Then Peter said, “Explain this parable to us.” “Do you still lack understanding?” he asked. 17“Don’t you realize that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.
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Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἀκμὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 15:16
- Matthew 15:10Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand:
- Matthew 13:51“Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes.”
- Matthew 16:9Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you collected?
- Isaiah 28:9Who is he trying to teach? Who is he trying to instruct? Infants just weaned from milk? Babies removed from the breast?
- Mark 6:52because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.
- Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him?
- Mark 8:17Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?
- Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.
- Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
- Luke 18:34They understood none of these things. The meaning of the saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
- Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- Hebrews 5:12Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.
Commentaries on Matthew 15:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Are ye also yet without understanding? - The word , which we translate yet, should be here rendered still: Are ye still void of understanding? and the word is used in this sense by several Greek writers. The authorities which have induced me to prefer this translation may be seen in Kypke.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 See also Mark 7:17-23. Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable - See the notes at Matthew 13:3. The word “parable” sometimes means a dark or obscure saying, Psalm 78:2. Peter meant, “Explain to us more fully this obscure and novel doctrine.” To us, now, it is plain; to the disciples, just coming out of Judaism, the doctrine of Jesus was obscure. Mark says that the disciples asked him. There is no contradiction…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 Christ shows that the defilement they ought to fear, was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which showed the wickedness of their hearts. Nothing will last in the soul but the regenerating graces of the Holy Spirit; and nothing should be admitted into the church but what is from above; therefore, whoever is offended by a plain, seasonable declaration of the truth, we should not be troubled at…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20Jesus accused the Pharisees of disobeying God's law because of their focus on preserving traditions.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?--Slowness of spiritual apprehension in His genuine disciples grieves the Saviour: from others He expects no better (Mt 13:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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