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20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets filled with fragments did you collect?” They answered, “Seven.” 21 He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”

22 Jesus Heals a Blind Man.[a] They arrived at Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged that he touch him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 8:22 Jesus’ actions and the healing of the blind man seem to have the same purpose as his actions and the healing of the deaf mute (see Mk 7:3-37). Some scholars regard both healings as a means of expressing the gradual enlightenment of the disciples about Jesus’ Messiahship.