Mark 7:18

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,

📖 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

• 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?

• 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;

• 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 And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste?
• Matt 16:11 : 11 How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?
• Mark 4:13 : 13 And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?
• Luke 24:25 : 25 Then he said to them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
• John 3:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?
• 1 Cor 3:2 : 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.
• Heb 5:11 : 11 Of whom we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
• Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
• Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.