Mark 7:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
Webster's Revision
And when he had entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
World English Bible
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.
Definitions for Mark 7:17
Barnes's Mark 7:17 Bible Commentary
The parable - The "obscure" and difficult remarks which he had made in Mark 7:15. The word "parable," here, means "obscure" and "difficult saying." They could not understand it. They had probably imbibed many of the popular notions of the Pharisees, and they could not understand why a man was not defiled by external things. It was, moreover, a doctrine of the law that men were ceremonially polluted by contact with dead bodies, etc., and they could not understand how it could be otherwise.
