Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Christ turns from the proud Pharisees, who thought themselves too good to hear Him, and welcomes the multitude instead. The humble, though weak, are teachable; the proud are willfully blind. He teaches the common people what the learned men despise.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 15:10-20
Then came his disciples, and said unto him,.... That is, after he had dismissed the people, and was come into a private house; see Mar 7:17 his disciples came to him, being alone, full of concern, for what he had said to the Pharisees, and before all the people; and not so well understanding it themselves.
Verse 12. The Pharisees were offended. They were so zealous of their traditions that they could not endure that their absurdities should be exposed.