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“Then came His disciples, and said unto Him, Knowest Thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?” (Matthew 15:12).
As their leaders, the Pharisees taught the law to the people, but they had added a lot of human tradition to it. When the Lord Jesus pointed this out to them, they were upset, and as our verse today says, they were offended. We can react this way too, when we are doing something that is wrong, and someone points it out to us.
However, the Lord Jesus did not apologize. In fact, there is no record that the Lord Jesus ever apologized, for He never said or did anything that was wrong. He never had to take something back; He never said anything in the wrong tone of voice; He never used the wrong “body language” when He spoke. He was always perfect, as the Son of God.
When they told the Lord Jesus that the Pharisees were offended, He replied that they were “blind leaders of the blind.” This was a serious position to be in, for they eventually rejected the Lord Jesus, and demanded that He be crucified.
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