Matthew 15:12

12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

Matthew 15:12 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
English Standard Version (ESV)
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"
New Living Translation (NLT)
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?”
The Message Bible (MSG)
12 Later his disciples came and told him, "Did you know how upset the Pharisees were when they heard what you said?"
American Standard Version (ASV)
12 Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you realize that when the Pharisees heard your statement they were offended?"
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
12 Then the disciples came up and told Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement?"
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
12 Then the disciples came to him. They asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were angry when they heard this?"

Matthew 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 15:12

Then came his disciples, and said unto him
That is, after he had dismissed the people, and was come into a private house; see ( Mark 7:17 ) his disciples came to him, being alone, full of concern, for what he had said to the Pharisees, and before all the people; and not so well understanding it themselves.

Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this
saying?,
that they set aside the commandments of God, by observing the traditions of the elders; or that they were hypocrites; and that the prophecy of Isaiah, which describes such persons, belonging to them; or that not what goes into, but what comes out of a man, defiles him: whichever it was they have respect unto, or it may be to the whole, they seem to wish Christ had not said it; because the Pharisees were, as they thought, grieved and troubled at it, as being contrary to true religion and piety; and lest they should be so stumbled, as no more to attend, and so all hopes of bringing them over to the faith of Christ be lost; and chiefly, because they perceived they were made exceeding angry, and were highly provoked; so that they might fear that both Christ, and they themselves, would feel the effects of their wrath and rage; and perhaps it was with some such view, that he would take some prudential step that he might not fall into their hands, that they acquaint him with it.

Matthew 15:12 In-Context

10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
14 Leave them; they are blind guides.If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
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