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Mark 8:7-24 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

7. And they had a few small fish. And he blessed them, and he ordered them to be placed before them.

8. And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up what had been leftover from the fragments: seven baskets.

9. And those who ate were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.

10. And promptly climbing into a boat with his disciples, he went into the parts of Dalmanutha.

11. And the Pharisees went out and began to contend with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

12. And sighing deeply in spirit, he said: "Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, if only a sign will be given to this generation!"

13. And sending them away, he climbed into the boat again, and he went away across the sea.

14. And they forgot to take bread. And they did not have any with them in the boat, except one loaf.

15. And he instructed them, saying: "Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod."

16. And they discussed this with one another, saying, "For we have no bread."

17. And Jesus, knowing this, said to them: "Why do you consider that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet know or understand? Do you still have blindness in your heart?

18. Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember,

19. when I broke the five loves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments you took up?" They said to him, "Twelve."

20. "And when the seven loaves were among the four thousand, how many baskets of fragments did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven."

21. And he said to them, "How is it that you do not yet understand?"

22. And they went to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to him. And they petitioned him, so that he would touch him.

23. And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him beyond the village. And putting spit on his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he could see anything.

24. And looking up, he said, "I see men but they are like walking trees."