Matthew Chapter 15 verse 15 Holy Bible
And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.
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Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
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And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.
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Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
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And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Then answered Peter. The disciples could not understand the apparent depreciation of the external in religion; they did not see the meaning of what Christ had said. Peter, as their mouthpiece, asked for further explanation. Declare; φράσον: edissere. Explain. Parable. The word in an extended sense is used of any hard, enigmatical saying or figurative expression. The term here is applied to the statement in ver. 11. The apostles did not comprehend the minimizing of the rules concerning purification, and the possibility of a man being defiled by what proceeded from his mouth. Inveterate prejudices die hard, and it is difficult to emancipate one's self from old modes of thought.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Declare unto us this parable.--The answer shows that Peter's question referred not to the proverb that immediately preceded, but to what seemed to him the strange, startling utterance of Matthew 15:11. It was significant that he could not as yet take in the thought that it was a truth to be received literally. To him it seemed a dark enigmatic saying, which required an explanation, like that which had been given of the parable of the Sower, to make its meaning clear.