Mark 7:17

But when Jeshu had gone into the house (apart) from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning that parable.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

16He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

18He said to them, How dull are even you! Know you not, that nothing from without that entereth a man can defile him,

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Cross References

Matthew 13:36Then Jeshu dismissed the multitudes, and came into the house; and his disciples drew near him, and said to him, Expound to us the comparison of the zizania of the field.

Mark 4:10And when he was alone, they who were with him along with his twelve inquired of him that parable.

Mark 9:28But when Jeshu had gone into the house, his disciples inquired of him by themselves, Why 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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