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Mark 7:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Mark 7:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Mark 7:17

Theological / Devotional

The house. Rather, “a house,” possibly the house of Peter in Capernaum (see on chs. 1:29; 2:1). The remainder of this section was addressed to the disciples in private (ch. 7:17–23).

His disciples. According to Matthew it was Peter, as usual, who acted as spokesman for the group (see on Matt. 14:28).

Parable. See pp. 203-207. A parable might be only a pithy saying, however brief. Here it refers to the figure employed in v. 15, about things entering into a man and things coming out of a man. If this “parable” had proved to be a riddle even to the disciples, the multitude could hardly have grasped its full significance (see on v. 14).

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