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Mark 8:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?” "
Mark 8:21
Verse in Context
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19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”
20 “When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
21 He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.
23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
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Mark 8:1
"In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them,"
Mark 8:2
"“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat."
Mark 8:3
"If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”"
Mark 8:4
"His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”"
Mark 8:5
"He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”"
Mark 8:6
"He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude."
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