"The disciples noted the rage of the spies as their false teaching was exposed. They saw the angry looks, and heard the half-muttered words of dissatisfaction and revenge. Forgetting how often Christ had given evidence that He read the heart as an open book, they told Him of the effect of His words. Hoping that He might conciliate the enraged officials, they said to Jesus, “Knowest Thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?” DA 398.1"
"Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?"
EGW directly quotes Matthew 15:12, attributing the disciples' concern about the Pharisees' offense to their observation of the spies' reaction to Jesus' teaching.
"He answered, “Every plant, which My heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” The customs and traditions so highly valued by the rabbis were of this world, not from heaven. However great their authority with the people, they could not endure the testing of God. Every human invention that has been substituted for the commandments of God will be found worthless in that day when “God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:14 . DA 398.2"
"For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
Ellen White directly references Ecclesiastes 12:14 in this passage.
"But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up."
EGW directly quotes Matthew 15:13, using it to illustrate that the traditions valued by the rabbis, which were not divinely ordained, would be uprooted.
"Such institutions, resting upon mere human authority, have supplanted those of divine appointment. Men cling to their traditions, and revere their customs, and cherish hatred against those who seek to show them their error. In this day, when we are bidden to call attention to the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, we see the same enmity as was manifested in the days of Christ. Of the remnant people of God it is written, “The dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 12:17 . DA 398.3"
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
EGW directly quotes Revelation 12:17, applying it to the remnant people of God who keep the commandments and have the testimony of Jesus, drawing a parallel between the enmity faced by Christ and the challenges faced by believers in her time.
"But “every plant, which My heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” In place of the authority of the so-called fathers of the church, God bids us accept the word of the eternal Father, the Lord of heaven and earth. Here alone is truth unmixed with error. David said, “I have more understanding than all my teachers: for Thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Thy precepts.” Psalm 119:99, 100 . Let all who accept human authority, the customs of the church, or the traditions of the fathers, take heed to the warning conveyed in the words of Christ, “In vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” DA 398.4"
"But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up."
EGW directly quotes Matthew 15:13.
"I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation."
EGW directly quotes Psalm 119:99.
"I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts."
EGW directly quotes Psalm 119:100.