Mark 7:36

WEB

³⁶He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

KJV

³⁶And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

BSB

³⁶Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

FBV

³⁶Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone, but the more he said this, the more they spread the news.

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Extra References

Matthew 8:4

⁴Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Mark 3:12

¹²He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

Mark 5:43

⁴³He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

Mark 1:44-45

⁴⁴and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

⁴⁵But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

Mark 8:26

²⁶He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”