New English Translation
Matthew 15:16
16Jesus said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
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! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15But Peter said to him, “Explain this parable to us.” Jesus said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile 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 15:10Then he called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
- Matthew 13:51“Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.”
- Matthew 16:9Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
- Isaiah 28:9Who is the Lord trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!
- Mark 6:52because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
- Mark 8:17When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?
- Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
- Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
- Luke 18:34But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
- Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
- Hebrews 5:12For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing 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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