Mark 7:36 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁶ Then Jesus ordered the people [who witnessed the miracle] not to tell anyone [about it], but the more He urged them not to, the more widely they publicized it.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ And 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And Jesus [in His own interest] admonished and ordered them sternly and expressly to tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ And 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.

Common English Bible

³⁶ Jesus gave the people strict orders not to tell anyone. But the more he tried to silence them, the more eagerly they shared the news.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ And he instructed them not to tell anyone. But as much as he instructed them, so much more did they preach about it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it.

Mark 7:36 Cross References

Matthew 8:4

Jesus said to him, “Be sure you do not tell anyone [about your healing yet]; but [first] go and show yourself to the priest and then offer the [sacrificial] gift required by the Law of Moses [See Lev. 13:49; 14:2ff], as evidence to them [that you have been healed].”

Mark 3:12

But He sternly ordered them not to reveal His identity.

Mark 5:43

But He strictly ordered them not to tell anyone about this; then He told them to give the girl something to eat.

Mark 7:35

And [immediately] the man’s hearing was restored, his speech impediment was removed and he began speaking clearly.

Mark 7:37

And they were utterly amazed, saying, “He has done everything just right; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Mark 8:26

Then Jesus sent him home, saying, “Do not even go through the village [on your way].”

Mark 9:9

And as they were coming down from the mountain Jesus ordered His disciples not to tell anyone what they had seen until [after] the Son of man was raised again from the dead.