Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 15:16

"And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?" — Matthew 15:16 (ASV)

Of course, the Pharisees would hate the light and so refuse to see the spiritual truth which our Lord had set before them in such a forceful way. Nor was it surprising that the crowd would be too ignorant to see the divine meaning of the concise teaching. But should not the chosen twelve have had clearer insight? After all their Lord’s teaching, were they “still without understanding”? Should they not have grasped the inner meaning of their Lord’s words? Alas, how often we have been in a similar state! How aptly might the question be put to us, “Are you also still without understanding?”