Mark 8:14-26

English Standard Version

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

¹⁴ Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. ¹⁵ And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; ^(A)beware of ^(B)the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of ^(C)Herod.”^{[a] 16} And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. ¹⁷ And ^(D)Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? ^(E)Do you not yet perceive ^(F)or understand? ^(G)Are your hearts hardened? ^18 (H)Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? ¹⁹ When I broke ^(I)the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” ²⁰ “And ^(J)the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” ²¹ And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

²² And they came ^(K)to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. ²³ And ^(L)he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when ^(M)he had ^(N)spit on his eyes and ^(O)laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” ²⁴ And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” ²⁵ Then Jesus^[b] laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ²⁶ And he sent him to his home, saying, ^(P)“Do not even enter the village.”