Matthew 15:16-17

15:16 Jesus ¹  said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? ² 

Mark 7:18

7:18 He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

Luke 24:25-27

24:25 So ³  he said to them, “You ⁴  foolish people ⁵  – how slow of heart ⁶  to believe ⁷  all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26 Wasn’t ⁸  it necessary ⁹  for the Christ ¹⁰  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 24:27 Then ¹¹  beginning with Moses and all the prophets, ¹²  he interpreted to them the things written about ¹³  himself in all the scriptures.

Revelation 3:19

3:19 All those ¹⁴  I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Or “into the latrine.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

⁴ tn Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion (BDAG 1101 s.v. 1).

⁵ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.

⁶ sn The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43-47 as well.

⁷ tn On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see BDAG 364-65 s.v. ἐπί 6.b.

⁴ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

⁵ sn The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).

⁶ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ sn The reference to Moses and all the prophets is a way to say the promise of Messiah runs throughout OT scripture from first to last.

⁷ tn Or “regarding,” “concerning.” “Written” is implied by the mention of the scriptures in context; “said” could also be used here, referring to the original utterances, but by now these things had been committed to writing.

⁶ tn The Greek pronoun ὅσος (Josos) means “as many as” and can be translated “All those” or “Everyone.”