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Mark 7:17
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Mark 7:17 · World English Bible
Mark 7:17 in other translations
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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In context
14 He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”
20 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
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