Clean and Unclean
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand. Matthew 15:10 · Berean Standard Bible
Jesus calls the whole crowd over and says, 'Listen and understand.' He wants everyone to hear this, not just the religious experts.
Jesus doesn't keep truth locked up for the elite. He shares it with everyone. His message is for you, not just for theologians.
Jesus addresses the crowd directly with an important teaching.
Jesus pulls the crowd in because what He's about to say will change how they understand their relationship with God.
Jesus turns from the religious leaders to address the ochlon (crowd) directly, using the dual imperative akouete kai syniete ('listen and understand'). This signals a public teaching moment of particular importance.
By calling the crowd forward, Jesus democratizes the theological discussion. What was an exchange with religious elites becomes a public lesson on true defilement.
Jesus addresses the crowd directly, bypassing the Pharisees.
Jesus shifts His audience from the hostile leaders to the common people. He has a revolutionary teaching to deliver about what truly makes a person unclean.
8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
10Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
12Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
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