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Matthew 15:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Peter replied, “What did you mean when you talked about the things that make people unclean?”

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Now listen to the meaning of the story about the farmer:

After Jesus left the crowd and went inside, his disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the story about the weeds in the wheat field.”

Jesus then said: Don't any of you know what I am talking about by now?

He did not tell them anything without using stories. But when he was alone with his disciples, he explained everything to them.

After Jesus and his disciples had left the crowd and had gone into the house, they asked him what these sayings meant.

The disciples said, “Now you are speaking plainly to us! You are not using examples.