Matthew 15 · Verse 16

Matthew 15:16

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Matthew 15:16, King James Version

Matthew 15:16 in other translations

BSB“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
WEBSo Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
ASVAnd he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?
YLTAnd Jesus said, ‘Are ye also yet without understanding?
DARBYBut he said, Are ye also still without intelligence?
BBEAnd he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
WebsterAnd Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

What does Matthew 15:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. 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 (Mt 13:11).

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

Barnes' Notes
Verse 16. Are ye also yet without understanding? He appeals, in explaining this, to their common sense; and he wonders that they had not yet learned to judge the foolish traditions of the Jews by the decisions of common sense, and by his own instructions.

Mt 15:15

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Are ye also yet without understanding? - The word ακμη, which we translate yet, should be here rendered still: Are ye still void of understanding? and the word is used in this sense by several Greek writers. The authorities which have induced me to prefer this translation may be seen in Kypke.

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 15:16 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
εἶπεν·eipenHe said;G2036
ἀκμὴνakmēnStillG188
καὶkaialsoG2532
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771
ἀσύνετοίasunetoiwithout understandingG801
ἐστε;esteare?G1510

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Cross references for Matthew 15:16

  • Matthew 16:9

    Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

  • Mark 9:32

    But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

  • Mark 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;

  • Luke 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.

  • Matthew 15:10

    And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

  • Isaiah 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. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

  • Luke 24:45

    Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

  • Matthew 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?

  • Mark 6:52

    For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

  • Matthew 13:51

    Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

  • Mark 8:17-18

    And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

  • Hebrews 5:12

    For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10; 13:51; 16:9,11; Isa 28:9,10; Mr 6:52; 7:18; 8:17,18; 9:32; Lu 9:45
Lu 18:34; 24:45; Heb 5:12

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Context

  • Matthew 15:15

    Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

  • Matthew 15:16

    And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

  • Matthew 15:17

    Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

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Matthew 15:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Jesús dijo: ¿Aun también vosotros sois sin entendimiento?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il dit: Et vous aussi, êtes-vous encore sans intelligence?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er aber sprach: Seid auch ihr noch unverständig?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
At ille dixit: Adhuc et vos sine intellectu estis?