Matthew 15:10

True Defilement

15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.

Matthew 17:14

The Disciples’ Failure to Heal

17:14 When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,


tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.

tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.