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Mark 8:22-33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Mark 8:22-33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Bethsaida. Some people[a] brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.(A) 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you see anything?”(B) 24 And the man[b] looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus[c] laid his hands on his eyes again, and he looked intently, and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 Then he sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.”[d](C)
Peter’s Declaration about Jesus
27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”(D) 28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”(E) 29 He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.”[e](F) 30 And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.(G)
Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.(H) 33 But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”(I)
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Mark 8:22-33
New International Version
Mark 8:22-33
New International Version
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Bethsaida,(A) and some people brought a blind man(B) and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit(C) on the man’s eyes and put his hands on(D) him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into[a] the village.”
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah(E)
27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist;(F) others say Elijah;(G) and still others, one of the prophets.”
29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”(H)
30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.(I)
Jesus Predicts His Death(J)
31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man(K) must suffer many things(L) and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,(M) and that he must be killed(N) and after three days(O) rise again.(P) 32 He spoke plainly(Q) about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!”(R) he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
Footnotes
- Mark 8:26 Some manuscripts go and tell anyone in
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