Mark 8:22-30

Christian Standard Bible

Healing a Blind Man

²² They came to Bethsaida.^(A) They brought a blind^(B) man to him and begged him to touch him. ²³ He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting^(C) on his eyes and laying his hands on^(D) him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”

²⁴ He looked up and said, “I see people—they look like trees walking.”^(E)

²⁵ Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. ²⁶ Then he sent^(F) him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”^[a](G)

Peter’s Confession of the Messiah

²⁷ Jesus^(H) went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

²⁸ They answered him, “John the Baptist;^(I) others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”^(J)

²⁹ “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

Peter^(K) answered him, “You are the Messiah.”^{(L) 30} And he strictly warned^(M) them to tell no one about him.