King James Version
Mark 7:14 in the King James Version says “And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:” — study this verse from Mark chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:”
Mark 7:14 · KJV
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the people”
G3793a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
“unto him he said”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“understand”
G4920to put together, i.e., (mentally) to comprehend; by implication, to act piously
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