Mark 7:17

17 And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Mark 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:17

And when he was entered into the house
Very probably at Capernaum, and it may be the house of Simon and Andrew, where he used to be when there:

from the people;
being separated from them, having dismissed and left them, when he and his disciples were by themselves alone:

his disciples asked him concerning the parable;
that saying of his to the people, which was somewhat dark and intricate to them; that nothing without a man going into him defiled him, but what comes out of him: this was asked by Peter, in the name of the rest; (See Gill on Matthew 15:15).

Mark 7:17 In-Context

15 There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him [by] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person."

17 And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18 And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

19 For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine"--[thus] declaring all foods clean.