Matthew 15:14

Let them alone,.... Have nothing to say, or do with them; do not mind their anger and resentment, their reproaches and reflections, nor trouble yourselves at the offence they have taken; if they will…

See also Mar 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…

Christ having proved that the disciples, in eating with unwashen hands, were not to be blamed, as transgressing the traditions and injunctions of the elders, comes here to show that they were not to…

blind leaders of the blind The proverb which follows is quoted in a different connection, Luk 6:39; cp. also ch. Mat 23:16.

fall into the ditch Palestine abounded in dangers of this kind, from…