Matthew 15:16
14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
- KJV
- And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
- WEB
- So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
- ASV
- And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?
- DARBY
- But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence?
- BLB
- And He said, “Are you⁺ also still without understanding?
- ÅB
- Men Jesus sa: «Forstår dere fremdeles ikke?
- OTB
- "Er dere fortsatt uten forståelse?" spurte Jesus dem.
- B1930
- Men han sa: Er også I ennu uforstandige?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 16:9
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Read in contextMark 9:32
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Read in contextMark 7:18
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Read in contextLuke 9:45
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
Read in contextMatthew 15:10
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Read in contextIsaiah 28:9–10
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Read in contextLuke 24:45
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Read in contextMatthew 16:11
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
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