Mark 7:17

And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

Darby Translation

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 have ears to hear, let him hear.

18And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,

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Cross References

Matthew 13:36Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

Mark 4:10And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him [as to] the parables.

Mark 9:28And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not *we* cast him 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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