Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Mark 7:17 - English Standard Version 2016 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when He had left the crowd and had gone into the house, His disciples began asking Him about the parable. American Standard Version (1901) And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable. Common English Bible After leaving the crowd, he entered a house where his disciples asked him about that riddle. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable. |
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.
And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”