Markus 7:6

7:6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart ¹  is far from me.

Markus 11:11

11:11 Then ²  Jesus ³  entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

Markus 11:15

Cleansing the Temple

11:15 Then ⁴  they came to Jerusalem. ⁵  Jesus ⁶  entered the temple area ⁷  and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. ⁸  He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

Markus 12:33

12:33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength ⁹  and to love your neighbor as yourself ¹⁰  is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

[7:6]  ¹ tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.

[11:11]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to indicate the transition from the previous narrative.

[11:11]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:15]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[11:15]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “the temple.”

[11:15]  sn The merchants (those who were selling) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.

[11:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “the temple.”

[11:15]  sn Matthew (21:12-27), Mark (here, 11:15-19), and Luke (19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (2:13-16) records a cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. See the note on the word temple courts in John 2:14 for a discussion of the relationship of these accounts to one another.

[12:33]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Deut 6:5.

[12:33]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.