King James Version
Matthew 15:12 in the King James Version says “Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?”
Matthew 15:12 · KJV
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“came”
G4334to approach, i.e., (literally) come near, visit, or (figuratively) worship, assent to
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“Knowest thou”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“the Pharisees”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
“this saying”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
“were offended”
G4624to entrap, i.e., trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure)
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