Expository Outlines Mark 7:17-23 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.… I. THE CEREMONIALISM OF THE PHARISEES DENOUNCED. 1. The undue importance they attached to outward observances. 2. The additions they made to the requirements of the law of Moses. 3. The Saviour's discourse on this occasion was evidently intended to prepare the minds of the people for the total abolition of all ceremonial rites. II. THE IGNORANCE OF THE DISCIPLES REPROVED. "And He saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also?" 1. To us their dulness of apprehension appears strange and unaccountable. 2. In their ignorance we see the effect, not merely of inattention, but of prejudice and bigotry. III. THE DEPRAVITY OF HUMAN NATURE EXHIBITED. We are shown — 1. The source of evil. It is in the heart. 2. The diversified streams of evil. "Adulteries, fornications, thefts, murders, covetousness," etc. 3. The contaminating influence of evil. These are the things by which men are defiled. (Expository Outlines.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.WEB: When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. |
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