Mark 8:11-26
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him
for a sign from heaven, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and
said, ‘Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will
be given to this generation.’ And he left them, and getting into the boat
again, he went across to the other side.
Now the disciples had
forgotten to bring any bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
And he cautioned them, saying, ‘Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees
and the yeast of Herod.’ They said to one another, ‘It is because we have no
bread.’ And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you talking
about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts
hardened? Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to
hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five
thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?’ They said to
him, ‘Twelve.’ ‘And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of
broken pieces did you collect?’ And they said to him, ‘Seven.’ Then he said to
them, ‘Do you not yet understand?’
They came to
Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.
He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he
had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, ‘Can you
see anything?’ And the man looked up and said, ‘I can see people, but they look
like trees, walking.’ Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he
looked intently and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Then
he sent him away to his home, saying, ‘Do not even go into the village.’
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