Matthew 15:16
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“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
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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 (Mat 13:11).
Open source ↗In this chapter, we have our Lord Jesus, as the great Prophet teaching, as the great Physician healing, and as the great Shepherd of the sheep feeding; as the Father of spirits instructing them; as the Conqueror of Satan dispossessing him; and as concerned for the bodies of his people, providing for them. Here is, I. Christ's discourse with the scribes and Pharisees about human traditions and injunctions (Mat 15:1-9). II. His discourse with the multitude, and with his disciples, concerning the things that defile a man (Mat 15:10-20). III. His casting of the devil out of the woman of Canaan's daughter (Mat 15:21-28). IV. His healing of all that were brought to him (Mat 15:29-31). V. His feeding of four thousand men, with seven loaves and a few little fishes (Mat 15:32-39).
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Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.