Mark 7:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 15:15 : 15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
  • Matt 13:36 : 36 Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
  • Mark 9:28 : 28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?
  • Matt 13:10 : 10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
  • Mark 4:10 : 10 And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

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  • Mark 7:18-20
    3 verses
    82%

    18 And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

    19 Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

    20 And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.

  • Mark 7:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

    14 And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:

    15 There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

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  • Mark 4:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10 And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

    11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

  • Luke 8:9
    79%

    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Matt 13:10
    78%

    10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

  • Matt 13:36
    78%

    36 Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

  • Mark 10:10
    76%

    10 And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

  • Luke 7:1
    75%

    1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

  • Matt 15:10-12
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    10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

    11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

    12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • Matt 15:15-17
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    75%

    15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

    16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

    17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

  • Mark 9:33
    74%

    33 And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

  • Mark 9:14
    74%

    14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

  • Mark 4:34
    73%

    34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

  • Mark 9:28
    73%

    28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

  • Mark 7:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

    2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

  • Mark 4:13
    73%

    13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

  • Mark 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

    5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

  • Luke 7:18
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    18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • Mark 6:1
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    1 And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

  • Mark 2:1
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    1 And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

  • Mark 7:24
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    24 And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

  • Mark 4:2
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    2 And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

  • Mark 9:16
    71%

    16 And he said, What are you questioning them about?

  • Mark 3:7
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    7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

  • Matt 13:34
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    34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

  • Luke 17:7
    71%

    7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

  • Luke 14:7
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    7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

  • Luke 8:4
    71%

    4 And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

  • Matt 7:27-28
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    70%

    27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

    28 And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,

  • Luke 20:45
    70%

    45 And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

  • Mark 7:31
    70%

    31 And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

  • Matt 23:1
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    1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:

  • Matt 7:6
    70%

    6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • Luke 12:41
    70%

    41 And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

  • Mark 8:4
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    4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

  • Matt 15:2
    70%

    2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.