Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
Mark 7:17 - Tree of Life Version When He had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned 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 to Him and said, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
Then He sent the crowds away and went into the house. His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
When He returned to Capernaum after some days, it was heard that He was at the house.
Then He comes into a house, and again a crowd gathers so they couldn’t even eat.
When Yeshua was alone, those around Him with the Twelve started asking Him about the parables.
But apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to them. Yet when they were alone, to His own disciples He would explain everything.
[footnote: Some mss. Add: If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.]
And He said to them, “Are you then also lacking understanding? Don’t you grasp that whatever goes into the man cannot make him unholy?
After Yeshua came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him in private, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”