Mark 7:36

Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more. ¹ 

biblegateway Mar 7:36

Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

biblegateway Mar 7:36

And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.

biblegateway Mar 7:36

Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news,

biblegateway Mar 7:36

Jesus urged them to keep it quiet, but they talked it up all the more,

SABDAweb Mar 7:36

And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.

bibleoremus Mar 7:36

Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

biblegateway Mar 7:36

Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it .

biblegateway Mar 7:36

Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more. ¹ 

¹ tn Grk “but as much as he ordered them, these rather so much more proclaimed.” Greek tends to omit direct objects when they are clear from the context, but these usually need to be supplied for the modern English reader. Here what Jesus ordered has been clarified (“ordered them not to do this”), and the pronoun “it” has been supplied after “proclaimed.”