The Meaning of Matthew 15:13 Explained

Matthew 15:13

KJV: But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

YLT: And he answering said, 'Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;

Darby: But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

ASV: But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But  he answered  and said,  Every  plant,  which  my  heavenly  Father  hath  not  planted,  shall be rooted up. 

What does Matthew 15:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 15:10-20 - What Really Defiles
It is good to study our Lord's list of the sources of soul-pollution. Evil thoughts come first. We cannot prevent an evil suggestion being presented to our minds, but we can refuse to dwell on it. To resist the inclination to dwell on it strengthens us in the opposite direction; to yield to it is to commit the sin in our heart, which, in God's sight, is equivalent to the outward act. Notice that railing, that is, unkind and uncharitable speech, is in this black-list.
The heart, rather than the body, is the source of sin. Out of the heart! The body is the dial-plate on which the soul registers its improvement or deterioration. Do not find fault with your members: look to your heart and keep it beyond keeping, for out of it are the issues of life. Ask God to create in you a clean heart. See that you distinguish between the first Adam and the second. Deny what you inherit of human weakness and sin, and affirm all that is of Christ's imparting. The cross of Calvary and the uprising of the living Christ are facts of perpetual experience. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 15

1  Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees
7  for transgressing God's commandments through their own traditions;
10  teaches how that which goes into the mouth does not defile a man
21  He heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan,
29  and other great multitudes;
32  and with seven loaves and a few small fish feeds four thousand men

What do the individual words in Matthew 15:13 mean?

- And answering He said Every plant that not has planted the Father of Me Heavenly it will be rooted up
δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Πᾶσα φυτεία ἣν οὐκ ἐφύτευσεν Πατήρ μου οὐράνιος ἐκριζωθήσεται

  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀποκριθεὶς  answering 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἀποκρίνομαι  
Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer.
εἶπεν  He  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
Πᾶσα  Every 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Singular
Root: πᾶς  
Sense: individually.
φυτεία  plant 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular
Root: φυτεία  
Sense: a planting.
ἣν  that 
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: ὅς 
Sense: who, which, what, that.
ἐφύτευσεν  has  planted 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: φυτεύω  
Sense: to plant.
Πατήρ  Father 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: προπάτωρ 
Sense: generator or male ancestor.
μου  of  Me 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular
Root: ἐγώ  
Sense: I, me, my.
οὐράνιος  Heavenly 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: οὐράνιος  
Sense: heavenly.
ἐκριζωθήσεται  it  will  be  rooted  up 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἐκριζόω  
Sense: to root out, pluck up by the roots.