Mark 8:22-26

Expanded Bible

Jesus Heals a Blind Man

²² Jesus and his followers came to Bethsaida [6:45]. There some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch the man. ²³ So Jesus took the blind man’s hand and led him out of the village. Then he spit on the man’s eyes [see 7:33] and ·put [laid] his hands on the man and asked, “Can you see [anything] now?”

²⁴ The man looked up and said, “Yes, I see people, but they look like trees walking around.”

²⁵ Again Jesus ·put [laid] his hands on the man’s eyes. Then the man ·opened his eyes wide [stared intently] and ·they were healed [his sight was restored], and he was able to see everything clearly. ²⁶ Jesus told him to go home, saying, “Don’t go into the town.”^[a] [^CJesus wanted to avoid the publicity that the healing would produce.]