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Mark 2:8

And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

KJV

καὶ εὐθὺς ἐπιγνοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ὅτι οὕτως διαλογίζονται ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λέγει αὐτοῖς· τί ταῦτα διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν;

Greek NT

Quo statim cognito Jesus spiritu suo, quia sic cogitarent intra se, dicit illis : Quid ista cogitatis in cordibus vestris ?

Vulgate

And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

ASV

Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit that they so thought within themselves, saith to them: Why think you these things in your hearts?

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διαλογίζομαι
dialogizomai
verb · 16×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπιγινώσκω
epiginosko
verb · 44×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: εὐθὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: εὐθὺς | RP: εὐθέως
  • εὐθὺς — SBLGNT
  • εὐθὺς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εὐθέως — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: οὕτως | WH/Treg/NIV: οὕτως | RP: + αὐτοὶ
  • οὕτως — SBLGNT
  • οὕτως — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτοὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λέγει | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγει | RP: εἶπεν
  • λέγει — SBLGNT
  • λέγει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἶπεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§473But at the same time, this truly human knowledge of God's Son expressed the divine life of his person.104 "The human nature of God's Son, not by itself but by its union with the Word, knew and showed forth in itself everything that pertains to God."105 Such is first of all the case with the intimate and immediate knowledge that the Son of God made man has of his Father.106 The …
§1421The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health,3 has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing: the sacrament of Penance and the sacrament of Anointing of th…
§1502The man of the Old Testament lives his sickness in the presence of God. It is before God that he laments his illness, and it is of God, Master of life and death, that he implores healing.98 Illness becomes a way to conversion; God's forgiveness initiates the healing.99 It is the experience of Israel that illness is mysteriously linked to sin and evil, and that faithfulness to G…
…and 1 more from this source.

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:3 — But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Acts 8:22 — Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
  • Ezek 38:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
  • Heb 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • John 2:24 — But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
  • John 2:24 — But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
  • John 6:64 — But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
  • Luke 5:22 — But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
  • Luke 6:8 — But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
  • Luke 24:38 — And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
  • Mark 8:17 — And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
  • Mark 9:33 — And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
  • Matt 9:4 — And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
  • Matt 9:4 — And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
  • Matt 12:25 — And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
  • Ps 139:2 — Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.