22 [a]And he came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto him, and desired him to touch him.

23 Then he took the blind by the hand, and led him out of the town, and spat in his eyes, and put his hands upon him, and asked him, if he saw ought.

24 And he looked up, and said, I [b]see men: for I see them walking like trees.

25 After that, he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him [c]look again. And he was restored to his sight, and saw every man afar off clearly.

26 [d]And he sent him home to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 8:22 A true image of our regeneration, which Christ separating us from the world, worketh and accomplisheth by little and little in us.
  2. Mark 8:24 He perceived some moving of men, when he could not discern their bodies.
  3. Mark 8:25 He commanded him again, to try indeed, whether he could see well or no.
  4. Mark 8:26 Christ will not have his miracles to be separated from his doctrine.

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