Mark 7:17

And when he had gone into the house, away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the dark saying.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

In Context

16If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

18And he said to them: Are you also so void of understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without, by entering into a man, can defile him?

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Cross References

Matthew 13:36Then Jesus left the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him and said: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

Mark 4:10And when he was alone, those who were about him, with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable.

Mark 9:28And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why were we not able to cast it out?

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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