Matthew 15:16

16 But he said, "Are you also still without understanding?

Matthew 15:16 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 15:16

And Jesus said
As wondering at, and as being displeased with, and as reproving them for their dulness and ignorance:

are ye also yet without understanding?
you, my disciples, as well as the Scribes and Pharisees; you, who have been with me so long, who have heard so many discourses from me, who for so long a time have been instructed by me, both in private, and in public; and yet do not understand what is so plain and easy, that has nothing of difficulty in it, but what might easily be accounted for.

Matthew 15:16 In-Context

14 Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

15 But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

16 But he said, "Are you also still without understanding?

17 Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and is evacuated into the latrine?

18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.