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17 Now[a] when Jesus[b] had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

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  1. Mark 7:17 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
  2. Mark 7:17 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16] [a]

17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him(A) about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.