VERSE STUDY • KJV

Matthew 15:15

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

Read it in 5 translations

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

Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

And Peter answering said to him, ‘Explain to us this simile.’

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

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

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.

16 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.

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