KJV ORIGINAL
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Jesus replied, 'Listen, anything that my Father in heaven didn't plant is going to get pulled up by the roots.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
If God didn't start it, it won't last, period.
📚 Historical Context
In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 15, Jesus is responding to the Pharisees who accused His disciples of breaking their traditional hand-washing rituals, which were not commanded in Scripture. He uses the metaphor of plants to emphasize that any religious practice or teaching not originating from God will eventually be destroyed. This exchange highlights the broader tension in first-century Judaism between human traditions and divine authority.
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