Mark 7:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; Οὐ νοεῖτε, ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἔξωθεν εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, οὐ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι·

Transliteration

And he legei to them, Thus also you asynetoi are? Not noeite, that all the from exōthen eisporeuomenon into the anthrōpon, not dynatai him koinōsai;

Grammar Details

• *legei*: present active, 3rd singular - he says
• *asynetoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - without understanding
• *noeite*: present active, 2nd plural - you perceive/understand
• *exōthen*: adverb - from outside
• *eisporeuomenon*: present middle participle, nominative, neuter, singular - entering
• *anthrōpon*: accusative, masculine, singular - man
• *dynatai*: present middle, 3rd singular - is able
• *koinōsai*: aorist active infinitive - to defile/make unclean

Word Meanings

• *asynetoi*: without understanding/dull/unintelligent
• *noeite*: perceive/understand/comprehend
• *eisporeuomenon*: entering/going into
• *koinōsai*: defile/make ritually unclean/pollute

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] {G1410} cannot defile him;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he sayd vnto the: Are ye so without vnderstondinge? Do ye not yet perceave yt whatsoever thinge from wt out entreth into a man it can not defyle him

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he sayde vnto them: Are ye so then without vnderstondinge? Perceaue ye not yet, yt euery thinge which is without, and goeth in to the ma, can not defyle him?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he sayde vnto them, What? Are ye without vnderstanding also? Doe ye not knowe that whatsoeuer thing from without entreth into a man, cannot defile him,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he sayde vnto them: Are ye also so without vnderstandyng? Do ye not yet perceaue, that whatsoeuer thing fro without, entreth into a man, it can not defyle hym,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, `it' cannot defile him;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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,

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

Referenced Verses

• Matt 15:16-17 : 16 Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?” 17 Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is expelled into the latrine?
• Matt 16:11 : 11 How is it that you do not understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
• Mark 4:13 : 13 He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
• Luke 24:25 : 25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• John 3:10 : 10 Jesus replied, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
• 1 Cor 3:2 : 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, because you were not able to receive it. Even now, you are still not able.
• Heb 5:11 : 11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you have become dull in hearing.
• Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast? 10 For it is: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there.
• Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.' 5 So I will go to the great leaders and speak to them, for they should know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. But they too, as one, have broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.