15:13,14
Jesus does not reply with diplomatic words, nor seeking to pour oil on troubled waters. Instead He makes the point even sharper. First His words imply that the Pharisees were not “planted” by the Father. They were nothing to do with God’s plan. They may have thought of themselves as God’s chosen, they may have been looked on as the most devout people, but in reality they were nothing of the sort. Secondly, they would be uprooted by the Father. Now, remember the parables which talked of the angels taking up the weeds at the end of time. Jesus is likening the Pharisees to the weeds.
So we have had God’s view of the Pharisees. Now we come to what the disciples should do in response. They should leave them, they would learn nothing good from the Pharisees, for they were blind guides, and so the result of following them would be to join them in falling into the pit.
15:15,16
Peter asks Jesus to explain the parable. The “parable” is v11 where Jesus spoke about what goes into and comes out of a man. Parables do not have to be long! Jesus is exasperated with them, because they were so slow to understand anything, even the simplest of lessons.
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