“Have you understood all these things?” [Jesus asked]. “Yes,” they said to Him.
Matthew 15:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And He replied, “Are you still unable to understand? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said, Are you also even yet dull and ignorant [without understanding and unable to put things together]? American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding? Common English Bible Jesus said, “Don’t you understand yet? Catholic Public Domain Version But he said: "Are you, even now, without understanding? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: Are you also yet without understanding? |
“Have you understood all these things?” [Jesus asked]. “Yes,” they said to Him.
Then Jesus called the crowds to come to Him, and He said to them, “Listen and understand.
Do you not realize that whatever enters a person’s mouth goes into his stomach and [eventually] passes out into the toilet?
How is it that you do not understand that I was not speaking to you about [physical] bread? But [rather I meant] watch out for the yeast [i.e., the influence] of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Do you not understand yet or remember that five thousand people [were fed] with five loaves of bread and how many baskets [of pieces] were picked up [afterward]?
but they did not understand [the miracle] of the loaves because their minds were insensitive [i.e., to the nature and power of Jesus].
He said to them, ‘Are you also as lacking in understanding [as the others]? Do you not understand that whatever enters a person’s body from the outside cannot [spiritually] corrupt him?
But His disciples did not understand what He meant and were afraid to ask Him.
But His disciples did not understand [what He meant by] any of these things, for this message was hidden from them so they did not comprehend what He was saying.
Then He opened their minds [miraculously (?)] so they would understand the Scriptures.
But they did not understand what He was talking about, for it was hidden from them, so that they would not understand its meaning. And they were afraid to ask Him about what He had said.
For certainly enough time has elapsed so that [by now] you ought to be teachers, [but instead] you are in need of having someone teach you again the basic principles of God’s message. You have become people who need “milk” and not “solid food.” [Note: The fundamental truths of Christianity are here figuratively spoken of as “milk,” while the more advanced teaching, such as Christ’s priesthood being like Melchizedek’s, is called “solid food”].