Mark 8:21 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.”

Mark 8:21

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And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

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Mark 8:1

"In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples {unto him}, and saith unto them,"

Mark 8:2

"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:"

Mark 8:3

"And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far."

Mark 8:4

"And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these {men} with bread here in the wilderness?"

Mark 8:5

"And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven."

Mark 8:6

"And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before {them}; and they did set {them} before the people."

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