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The Pharisees Focus On What Goes Into The Body Versus What Comes From The Heart

12 Then having come to Him, the disciples say to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees, having heard Your statement, took-offense[a]? 13 But the One, having responded, said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. 14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of blind ones. And if a blind one guides a blind one, both will fall into a pit”.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:12 Or, were caused to fall, were offended. This is because v 3-11 are a direct attack on the Pharisees as teachers, and on their traditions.

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(A) will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[a](B) If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”(C)

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  1. Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind