Mark 7:17

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

American Standard Version

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

16[If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.]

18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:36Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Mark 4:10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.

Mark 9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, [How is it] that we could not 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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