Mark 8:6-26

⁶Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out; and they served them out to the crowd.

⁷They had also a few small fish; and, after he had said the blessing, he told the disciples to serve out these as well.

⁸The people had sufficient to eat, and they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left.

⁹There were about four thousand people. Then Jesus dismissed them.

¹⁰Immediately afterward, getting into the boat with his disciples, Jesus went to the district of Dalmanutha.

¹¹Here the Pharisees came out, and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for some sign from the heavens, to test him.

¹²Sighing deeply, Jesus said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given it.”

¹³So he left them to themselves, and, getting into the boat again, went away to the opposite shore.

¹⁴Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread with them, one loaf being all that they had in the boat.

¹⁵So Jesus gave them this warning. “Take care,” he said, “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

¹⁶They began talking to one another about their being short of bread;

¹⁷and, noticing this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you talking about your being short of bread? Don't you yet see or understand? Are your minds still so slow or comprehension?

¹⁸Though you have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear? Don't you remember,

¹⁹when I broke up the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets of broken pieces you picked up?” “Twelve,” they said.

²⁰“And when the seven for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you pick up?” “Seven,” they said.

²¹“Don't you understand now?” he repeated.

²²They came to Bethsaida. There some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and begged him to touch him.

²³Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man's eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him, “Do you see anything?”

²⁴The man looked up, and said, “I see the people, for, as they walk about, they look to me like trees.”

²⁵Then Jesus again placed his hands on the man's eyes; and the man saw clearly, his sight was restored, and he saw everything with perfect distinctness.

²⁶Jesus sent him to his home, and said, “Do not go even into the village.”