Mark 7:17

And when Jesus had entered the house, apart from the multitude, his disciples asked him about this similitude.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

16Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.

18And he said to them: Are ye likewise so undiscerning? Do ye not know, that whatever from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?

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Cross References

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

Mark 9:28And when Jesus entered the house, his disciples asked him privately: 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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