Mark 7:17

And when he was entered into an house, from the people, his disciples asked him (about) the parable.

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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 man have ears of hearing, hear he. [Forsooth if any man have ears to hear, hear he.]

18And he said to them, Ye be unwise also. Understand ye not, that all thing withoutforth that entereth into a man, may not defoul him? (or Do ye not understand, that everything from outside that entereth into a man, cannot defile him?)

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Cross References

Matthew 13:36Then he left the people (or Then he dismissed the people, or let them go), and came into an house; and his disciples came to him, and said, Expound to us the parable of the tares, [or the darnels, or (the) cockles], of the field.

Mark 4:10And when he was by himself, the twelve that were with him asked him to expound the parable.

Mark 9:28And when he had entered into an house, his disciples asked him privily, Why might not we cast him out? (And when he had entered into a house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not throw 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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