Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 15:12-13

"Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up." — Matthew 15:12-13 (ASV)

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

They stand like a grove of trees; men take shelter under their great knowledge, but God never planted them; and therefore they will be plucked up; and he did pluck them up without ceremony.