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Mark 7:17
Mark 7:17 is verse 17 of Mark chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
King James Version
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
World English Bible
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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Mark 7:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
19 because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Mark 4:10As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
Matthew 13:36Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Matthew 15:15Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”