Matthew 15 · Verse 13

Matthew 15:13

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Matthew 15:13, King James Version

Matthew 15:13 in other translations

BSBBut Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
WEBBut he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
ASVBut he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.
YLTAnd he answering said, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;
DARBYBut he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.
BBEBut he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
WebsterBut he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be extirpated.

What does Matthew 15:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up--They are offended, are they? Heed it not: their corrupt teaching is already doomed: the garden of the Lord upon earth, too long cumbered with their presence, shall yet be purged of them and their accursed system: yea, and whatsoever is not of the planting of My heavenly Father, the great Husbandman (Joh 15:1), shall share the same fate.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 13. Every plant, etc. Religious doctrine is not unaptly compared to a plant. See 1Cor 3:6-8. It is planted in the mind for the purpose of producing fruit in the life, or conduct. Jesus here says that all those doctrines, of which his Father was not the Author, must be rooted up, or corrected. The false doctrines of the Pharisees, therefore, must be attacked; and it was no wonder if they were indignant. It could not be helped. It was his duty to attack them. lie was not surprised that they were enraged. But, notwithstanding their opposition, their doctrines should be destroyed.

Mt 15:10

(i) "Every plant" Jn 15:2,6

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Every plant - Every plantation. So I render φυτεια, and so it is translated in the Itala version which accompanies the Greek text in the Codex Bezae, omnis plantatio, and so the word is rendered by Suidas. This gives a different turn to the text. The Pharisees, as a religious body, were now a plantation of trees, which God did not plant, water, nor own: therefore, they should be rooted up, not left to wither and die, but the fellers, and those who root up, (the Roman armies), should come against and destroy them, and the Christian Church was to be planted in their place. Since the general dispersion of the Jews, this sect, I believe, has ceased to exist as a separate body, among the descendants of Jacob. The first of the apostolical constitutions begins thus: Θεου φυτεια η καθολικη εκκλησια, και αμπελων αυτου εκλεκτος. The Catholic Church is the plantation of God, and his chosen vineyard.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 15:10-20

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…

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Matthew 15:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὉHo<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweringG611
εἶπεν·eipenHe said;G2036
πᾶσαpasaEveryG3956
φυτείαphuteiaplantG5451
ἣνhēnthatG3739
οὐκouknotG3756
ἐφύτευσενephuteusenhas plantedG5452
ὁhotheG3588
πατήρpatērFatherG3962
μουmouof MineG3165
ὁho<the>G3588
οὐράνιοςouraniosHeavenlyG3770
ἐκριζωθήσεται.ekrizōthēsetaiit will be rooted up.G1610

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Cross references for Matthew 15:13

  • John 15:2

    Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

  • Isaiah 60:21

    Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

  • John 15:6

    If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Isaiah 61:3

    To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • Psalms 92:13

    Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

  • Matthew 13:40-41

    As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

  • 1 Corinthians 3:12-15

    Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:9

    For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Every.
13:40,41; Ps 92:13; Isa 60:21; Joh 15:2,6; 1Co 3:12-15

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Context

  • Matthew 15:12

    Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

  • Matthew 15:13

    But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

  • Matthew 15:14

    Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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Matthew 15:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas respondiendo él, dijo: Toda planta que no plantó mi Padre celestial, será desarraigada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais lui, répondant, dit: Toute plante que mon Père céleste n’a pas plantée sera déracinée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er aber antwortete und sprach: Jede Pflanze, die mein himmlischer Vater nicht gepflanzt hat, wird ausgerottet werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		At ille respondens ait: Omnis plantatio, quam non plantavit Pater meus cælestis, eradicabitur.