Matthew 15:10

New Living Translation

Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. "Listen," he said, "and try to understand.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand:

King James Version (1611)
And he called the multitude, and said vnto them, Heare and vnderstand.

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

English Standard Version
And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand:

New American Standard Bible
After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand!

New Century Version
After Jesus called the crowd to him, he said, "Listen and understand what I am saying.

Amplified Bible
After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said, "Listen and understand this:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then hee called the multitude vnto him, and said to them, Heare and vnderstand.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand.

Legacy Standard Bible
After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand.

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen and understand.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus called the crowd together and said, "Pay attention and try to understand what I mean.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand this!

Darby Translation
And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus called the people to him. He said, "Listen and understand what I am saying.

George Lamsa Translation
Then he called the people and said to them, Listen and understand.

Good News Translation
Then Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, "Listen and understand!

Lexham English Bible
And summoning the crowd, he said to them, "Hear and understand:

Literal Translation
And calling the crowd near, He said to them, Hear and understand:

American Standard Version
And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

Bible in Basic English
And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

Hebrew Names Version
He called the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

International Standard Version
Then he called to the crowd and said to them, "Listen and understand!Mark 7:14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And he called to the multitudes, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

Murdock Translation
And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he called the people to hym, and sayde vnto them: heare, & vnderstande.

English Revised Version
And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

World English Bible
He called the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And calling the multitudes he said to them, Hear and understand.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the puple weren clepid to gidere to hym, he seide to hem, Here ye, and `vndurstonde ye.

Update Bible Version
And he called to him the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

New English Translation
Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

New King James Version
When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand:

New Life Bible
Jesus called the people to Him and said to them, "Listen and understand this!

New Revised Standard
Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, "Listen and understand:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, calling near the multitude, he said to them - Hear and understand!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.

Revised Standard Version
And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand:

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he called the people vnto him and sayde to them: heare and vnderstande.

Young's Literal Translation
And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he called ye people to hi, & saide vnto the: Heare & vnderstode:

Mace New Testament (1729)
Then he called the multitude and said to them, hear and understand.

THE MESSAGE
He then called the crowd together and said, "Listen, and take this to heart. It's not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus hollered for everyone to gather around him. He said, "Y'all listen up and try to follow what I'm sayin'.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. "Listen," he said, "and try to understand. ¹¹ It's not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth." ¹² Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?" ¹³ Jesus replied, "Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted, ¹⁴ so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch." ¹⁵ Then Peter said to Jesus, "Explain to us the parable that says people aren't defiled by what they eat." ¹⁶ "Don't you understand yet?" Jesus asked. ¹⁷ "Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer. ¹⁸ But the words you speak come from the heart—that's what defiles you. ¹⁹ For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: 1 Kings 22:28, Mark 7:14, Mark 7:16, Luke 20:45-47

Hear: Matthew 13:19, Matthew 24:15, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 55:3, Luke 24:45, Ephesians 1:17, Colossians 1:9, James 1:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:3 - Understand 2 Chronicles 18:27 - Hearken Matthew 15:16 - General Matthew 23:1 - General Mark 4:9 - General Luke 12:57 - General Acts 8:30 - Understandest

Cross-References

Genesis 15:17
After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.

Genesis 15:18
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—

Genesis 15:19
the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

Leviticus 1:17
Then, grasping the bird by its wings, the priest will tear the bird open, but without tearing it apart. Then he will burn it as a burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord .

2 Timothy 2:15
Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he called the multitude,.... Having silenced the Scribes and Pharisees, and judging it not worth his while to say any more to men so obstinate and perverse; who were not open to conviction, nor would attend to any argument or reason, though ever so clear and strong, against their darling notions; he leaves them, as both disliking them, and despairing of them, and calls to the common people; who, through their great veneration for these men, upon their coming withdrew, and stood at a distance; nor indeed would they admit them very near unto them, lest they should be polluted by them: Christ, I say, calls to these to come nearer to him, hoping better of them, and knowing that they were more tractable, and teachable; and that there were some among them, that were to be brought off of their former principles and prejudices, to embrace him, and the truths delivered by him:

and said unto them, hear and understand; this he said, partly, by way of reflection upon the learned Scribes and Pharisees, who, with all their learning, could not hear him so as to understand him; and partly to excite the attention of the multitude to what he had to say; as also to show, that barely to hear with the outward hearing of the ear, will be of no service, unless what is heard is understood; and that the way to understand, is to hear.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 7:15-17.

And he called the multitude - In opposition to the doctrines of the Pharisees, the Saviour took occasion to show them that the great source of pollution was the heart. They supposed that external things chiefly defiled a man. On this all their doctrines about purification were founded. This opinion of the Jews it was of great importance to correct. The Saviour took occasion, therefore, to direct the people to the true source of defilement - their own hearts. He particularly directed them to it as of importance - “Hear and understand.”

Matthew 15:11

Not that which goeth into the mouth ... - The disciples were charged with being sinners for transgressing the tradition of the elders in eating with unwashed hands.

Christ replies that what they should eat could not render them sinners. The man, the moral agent, the soul, could not be polluted by anything that was eaten. What proceeds from the man himself, from his heart, would defile him.

Defileth - Pollutes, corrupts, or renders sinful.

Matthew 15:12

The Pharisees were offended - They were so zealous of their traditions that they could not endure that their absurdities should be exposed.

Matthew 15:13

Every plant ... - Religious doctrine is not inaptly compared to a plant. See 1 Corinthians 3:6-8. It is planted in the mind for the purpose of producing fruit in the life, or right 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. He was not surprised that they were enraged; but, notwithstanding their opposition, their doctrine should be destroyed.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone - That is, do not be troubled at their rage.

Be not anxious about it. This result is to be expected. They are greatly attached to their traditions, and you are not to wonder that they are indignant. They lead, also, the blind. They have a vast influence over the multitude, and it is to be expected that they will be enraged at any doctrines that go to lessen their authority or influence. By commanding them “to let them alone,” Christ does not mean that they were to be suffered to remain in error without any attempt to refute or correct them, for this he was doing then; but he meant to charge his disciples not to mind them or to regard their opposition - it was to be expected.

If the blind lead the blind ... - This was a plain proposition. A blind man, attempting to conduct blind men, would fall into every ditch that was in the way. So with religious teachers. If these Pharisees, themselves ignorant and blind, should be suffered to lead the ignorant multitude, both would be destroyed. This was another reason for confuting their errors, or for rooting up the plants which God had not planted. He wished, by doing it, to save the deluded multitude.

God often suffers one man to lead many to ruin. A rich and profligate man, an infidel, a man of learning, a politician, or a teacher, is allowed to sweep multitudes to ruin. This is not unjust, for those who are led are not compelled to follow such people. They are free in choosing such leaders, and they are answerable for being led to ruin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 15:10. Hear and understand — A most important command. Hear - make it a point of conscience to attend to the ministry of the word. Understand - be not satisfied with attending places of public worship merely; see that the teaching be of God, and that you lay it to heart.