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Mark 8:23 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
Mark 8:23
Verse in Context
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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.
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
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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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