▼ Most later mss add 7:16 “Let anyone with ears to hear, listen.” This verse is included in A D W Θ f^{1, 13} 33 Maj. latt sy, but is lacking in important Alexandrian mss and a few others (א B L Δ* 0274 28 2427). It appears to be a scribal gloss (see 4:9 and 4:23), perhaps introduced as a reiteration of the thought in 7:14, and is almost certainly not an original part of the Greek text of Mark. The present translation follows NA²⁷ in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.

▼ Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

▼ Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.