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What Defiles a Man

Matthew 15:15

In 9 translations

BSB
Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
KJV
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
WEB
Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
ASV
And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.
LSV
And Peter answering said to Him, “Explain to us this allegory.”
YLT
And Peter answering said to him, 'Explain to us this simile.'
DBY
And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.
DRC
And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.
GNV
Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare vnto vs this parable.

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ταύτην.¶ (“this”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ταύτην. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ταύτην; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην.
RP2018
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην.
TR-Boyd
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην.
SCR1894
αποκριθεις δε ο πετρος ειπεν αυτω φρασον ημιν την παραβολην ταυτην

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 13:36Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
  • Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
  • Mark 7:17After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
  • John 16:29His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

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