Matthew 15:10

True Defilement

15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said, ¹  “Listen and understand.

Matthew 17:13

17:13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

[15:10]  ¹ tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.