Mark 8:13-23

¹³So he left them behind, climbed into the boat, and went back across the lake.

¹⁴But the disciples had forgotten to bring bread with them. All they had in the boat was one loaf.

¹⁵“Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod!” he warned them.

¹⁶“He's saying that because we don't have any bread,” they concluded.

¹⁷Jesus knew what they were saying, and said, “Why are you talking about not having any bread? Are you still not thinking and not understanding? Have you closed your minds?

¹⁸You've got eyes to see, haven't you? And ears to hear?

¹⁹Don't you remember when I shared five loaves among five thousand? How many basketfuls of leftovers did you pick up?” “Twelve,” they replied.

²⁰“And the seven loaves divided among four thousand. How many basketfuls of leftovers did you pick up?” “Seven,” they answered.

²¹“Do you still not understand?” he asked them.

²²They went to Bethsaida where some people brought a blind man to Jesus. They begged Jesus to touch him and heal him.

²³Jesus took the blind man by the hand and took him outside the village. Jesus spat on the man's eyes and touched him with his hands. Then Jesus asked him, “Can you see anything?”