12. Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'
13. And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;
14. let them alone, guides they are--blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'
15. And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'
16. And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?