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Matthew 15:16
“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to the disciples immediately after Peter requests clarification on the preceding parable.
The words — The Greek terms ἀκμὴν (akmēn) and ἀσύνετοί (asunetoi) literally render "still" and "without understanding."
The thread — The identical question appears in Matthew 16:9 and Mark 7:18, while a parallel account of uncomprehending fear is recorded in Mark 9:32.
Why it lands — The text records a direct challenge to spiritual dullness, requiring the reader to examine whether they are clinging to tradition over Jesus' explicit teaching.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Cross-references
- Matthew 16:9 Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
- Mark 7:18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Mark 9:32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
- Matthew 15:10 Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
- Luke 9:45 But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
- Isaiah 28:9 Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- Matthew 13:51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
- Matthew 16:11 How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Mark 6:52 for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
- Mark 8:17 Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?