Matthew 15:13

Matthew 15:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
• New International Version (NIV)He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

Context of Matthew 15:13

11What goes into a person’s mouth doesn’t make him unclean. It’s what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean.” 12Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you realize that when the Pharisees heard your statement they were offended?” He answered, “Any plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. 14Leave them alone! They are blind leaders. When one blind person leads another, both will fall into the same pit.” 15Peter said to him, “Explain this illustration to us.”

Matthew 15:13 word by word

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· πᾶσα φυτεία ἣν οὐκ ἐφύτευσεν ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ οὐράνιος ἐκριζωθήσεται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• he answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• plantφυτείαphuteia · plantG5451
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• heavenlyοὐράνιοςouranios · heavenlyG3770
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• hathφυτεύωphuteuō · to plantG5452
• notοὐou · noG3756
• shall be rooted upἐκριζόωekrizoō · to uprootG1610

Cross-references for Matthew 15:13

• Matthew 13:40Just as weeds are gathered and burned, so it will be at the end of time.
• Psalms 92:13They are planted in the Lord’s house. They blossom in our God’s courtyards.
• Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous, and they will possess the land permanently. They will be the seedling I have planted, the honored work of my hands.
• John 15:2He removes every one of my branches that doesn’t produce fruit. He also prunes every branch that does produce fruit to make it produce more fruit.
• 1 Corinthians 3:12People may build on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw.

Commentaries on Matthew 15:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Every plant - Every plantation. So I render , and so it is translated in the Itala version which accompanies the Greek text in the Codex Bezae, omnis plantatio, and so the word is rendered by Suidas. This gives a different turn to the text. The Pharisees, as a religious body, were now a plantation of trees, which God did not plant, water, nor own: therefore, they should be rooted up, not left to wither and die, but the fellers, and those who root up, (the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 See also Mark 7:15-17. And he called the multitude - In opposition to the doctrines of the Pharisees, the Saviour took occasion to show them that the great source of pollution was the heart. They supposed that external things chiefly defiled a man. On this all their doctrines about purification were founded. This opinion of the Jews it was of great importance to correct. The Saviour took occasion, therefore, to direct the people to the true…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. 13My heavenly Father has not planted: These Pharisees did not belong to the true people of God (see 3:9–12; Isaiah 5:1–7; Jeremiah 45:4). God will remove them at the final judgment (see Matthew 3:10; 8:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up--They are offended, are they? Heed it not: their corrupt teaching is already doomed: the garden of the Lord upon earth, too long cumbered with their presence, shall yet be purged of them and their accursed system: yea, and whatsoever is not of the planting of My heavenly Father, the great Husbandman (Joh 15:1), shall share the same fate.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 15:13

• Commandments
• Doctrines
• Ecclesiasticism
• God
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sin
• Teachers
• Tradition
• Wicked (People)

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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