Mark 7:17

When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples were asking Him about the parable.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

18So He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything entering a man from outside cannot defile him,

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Cross References

Matthew 13:36Then having dismissed the crowds, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

Mark 4:10But when He was by himself, those around Him together with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

Mark 9:28And after He entered into a 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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