Mark 7:17

Good News Translation

When he left the crowd and went into the house, his disciples asked him to explain this saying.

Cross References

Matthew 13:10

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”

Matthew 13:36

When Jesus had left the crowd and gone indoors, his disciples came to him and said, “Tell us what the parable about the weeds in the field means.”

Matthew 15:15

Peter spoke up, “Explain this saying to us.”

Mark 2:1

A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum, and the news spread that he was at home.

Mark 3:20

Then Jesus went home. Again such a large crowd gathered that Jesus and his disciples had no time to eat.

Mark 4:10

When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.

Mark 4:34

He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.

Mark 7:18

“You are no more intelligent than the others,” Jesus said to them. “Don't you understand? Nothing that goes into you from the outside can really make you unclean,

Mark 9:28

After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn't we drive the spirit out?”