Mark 7:17

17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

Mark 7:17 in Other Translations

17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

17 Then Jesus went into a house to get away from the crowd, and his disciples asked him what he meant by the parable he had just used.

17 When he was back home after being with the crowd, his disciples said, "We don't get it. Put it in plain language."

17 When He went into the house away from the crowd, the 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 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”

17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?

19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

Cross References

• 1. Mark 9:28