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THE MESSAGE
Matthew 15:13
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He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
But he answered and said, Euery plant which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
Jesus answered, "Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted himself will be pulled up by the roots.
He answered, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be torn up by the roots.
But hee answered and saide, Euery plant which mine heauenly Father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.
But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.
But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.
But Jesus replied, "Every plant that My Heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
Jesus answered, "Every plant that my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.
He replied, "Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.
Jesus answered, "Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
But he answered and said to them, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, shall be uprooted.
"Every plant which my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up," answered Jesus.
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But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.
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But he answered, and said to them, Every plantation which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted shall be rooted up.
And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated.
But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.
But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.
But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
He answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.
"Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
And he answeride, and seide, Eueri plauntyng, that my fadir of heuene hath not plauntid, shal be drawun vp by the roote.
But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant, shall be rooted up.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be extirpated.
And he replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
Jesus replied, "Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,
He said, "Every plant that My Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.
He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
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But he answering, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
He answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
He answered and sayde: all plantes which my hevely father hath not planted shalbe plucked vp by the rotes.
And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;
He answered, and sayde: All plantes which my heauenly father hath not planted, shal be pluckte vp by ye rotes.
but he answered, every plantation which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up.
Jesus said, "Every animal that doesn't bear the Boss's brand will be shipped off to the slaughterhouse.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Every: Matthew 13:40, Matthew 13:41, Psalms 92:13, Isaiah 60:21, John 15:2, John 15:6, 1 Corinthians 3:12-15
Reciprocal: Judges 17:13 - General 1 Kings 14:15 - root up Israel 2 Kings 4:39 - a wild vine Ecclesiastes 3:2 - a time to plant Amos 4:5 - for Mark 11:20 - General Acts 5:38 - for Romans 6:5 - planted 2 Timothy 2:18 - overthrow Revelation 22:18 - If
Cross-References
After all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"
Abram said, " God , Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?" Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."
And he believed! Believed God ! God declared him "Set-Right-with-God."
God continued, "I'm the same God who brought you from Ur of the Chaldees and gave you this land to own."
Abram said, "Master God , how am I to know this, that it will all be mine?"
God said to Abram, "Know this: your descendants will live as outsiders in a land not theirs; they'll be enslaved and beaten down for 400 years. Then I'll punish their slave masters; your offspring will march out of there loaded with plunder. But not you; you'll have a long and full life and die a good and peaceful death. Not until the fourth generation will your descendants return here; sin is still a thriving business among the Amorites."
So they organized them into work-gangs and put them to hard labor under gang-foremen. They built the storage cities Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. But the harder the Egyptians worked them the more children the Israelites had—children everywhere! The Egyptians got so they couldn't stand the Israelites and treated them worse than ever, crushing them with slave labor. They made them miserable with hard labor—making bricks and mortar and back-breaking work in the fields. They piled on the work, crushing them under the cruel workload.
"Don't abuse or take advantage of strangers; you, remember, were once strangers in Egypt.
"Don't take advantage of a stranger. You know what it's like to be a stranger; you were strangers in Egypt.
You must treat foreigners with the same loving care— remember, you were once foreigners in Egypt. Reverently respect God , your God, serve him, hold tight to him, back up your promises with the authority of his name. He's your praise! He's your God! He did all these tremendous, these staggering things that you saw with your own eyes.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But he answered, and said,.... As being unconcerned at their rage, and having nothing to fear from them; and being well satisfied, that what he had said was right, and would produce proper effects, he gave his disciples this for answer:
every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up; which may be understood either of things, or of persons: it may have regard to doctrines and ordinances; and the meaning be, that whatever doctrine is not delivered by God, or whatever ordinance is not instituted by him; whatever is not of heaven, but of man, of man's devising, and of human imposition, as the traditions of the elders, must be opposed and rejected; and sooner or later will be utterly rooted up, and destroyed; as will all the false notions, corrupt worship, and errors, and heresies of men, in God's own time: or it may respect persons. There are some plants, which are planted by Christ's Father, which is in heaven; these are the elect of God, who are trees of righteousness; the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. These are planted by the river of God's love, in the person of Christ, in the likeness of his death and resurrection; they are transplanted out of a state of nature, are ingrafted into Christ, have the graces of the Spirit implanted in their souls, and are themselves planted in the courts of the Lord, in a Gospel church state; and being watered with the dews of grace, appear to be choice plants, plants of renown, pleasant ones, very fruitful, and which shall never perish, or be rooted, and plucked up, but there are others, like these Pharisees, hypocrites, formal professors, and heretics, who pretend to much religion and holiness, make a show of the leaves of profession, but have not the fruit of grace; these get into churches, and are outwardly and ministerially planted there; but being never rooted in Christ, nor partake of his grace, in time they wither, and die away; or persecution arising because of the Word, or truth being dispensed in so clear and glaring a light, that they cannot bear it; they are offended with it, and so are detected, discovered, and rooted up and it is necessary that truth should be freely spoken, as it was here by Christ, that such plants might be rooted out; for these words are said by Christ in justification of his conduct. So the Jews speak of God, as a planter, and of rooting up what he does not like.
"The holy, blessed God (say they e), "plants" trees in this world; if they prosper, it is well; if they do not prosper,
×עקר ×××, "he roots them up", and plants them even many times.''
And elsewhere it is said f,
"let the master of the vineyard come, and consume its thorns: the gloss on it is, the holy, blessed God; for the vineyard of the Lord of hosts, is the house of Israel, and he will consume, and take away the thorns of the vineyard.''
e Zohar in Gen. fol. 105. 3. f T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 83. 2.
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 - âHear and understand.â
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 âto let them alone,â 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 15:13. Every plant — Every plantation. So I render ÏÏ Ïεια, and so it is translated in the Itala version which accompanies the Greek text in the Codex Bezae, omnis plantatio, and so the word is rendered by Suidas. This gives a different turn to the text. The Pharisees, as a religious body, were now a plantation of trees, which God did not plant, water, nor own: therefore, they should be rooted up, not left to wither and die, but the fellers, and those who root up, (the Roman armies,) should come against and destroy them, and the Christian Church was to be planted in their place. Since the general dispersion of the Jews, this sect, I believe, has ceased to exist as a separate body, among the descendants of Jacob. The first of the apostolical constitutions begins thus: ÎÎµÎ¿Ï ÏÏ Ïεια η καθολικη εκκληÏια, και αμÏελÏν Î±Ï ÏÎ¿Ï ÎµÎºÎ»ÎµÎºÏοÏ. The Catholic Church is the plantation of God, and his chosen vineyard.
