International Children’s Bible

Mark 8:13-21 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

13. Then Jesus left the Pharisees. He went in the boat to the other side of the lake.

14. The followers had only one loaf of bread with them in the boat. They had forgotten to bring more bread.

15. Jesus warned them, “Be careful! Guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

16. Among themselves, his disciples discussed the meaning of this. They said, “He said this because we have no bread.”

17. Jesus knew what his followers were talking about. So he asked them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? You still don’t see or understand? Are your minds closed?

18. You have eyes, but you don’t really see. You have ears, but you don’t really listen. Remember what I did before, when we did not have enough bread?

19. I divided five loaves of bread for 5,000 people. Remember how many baskets you filled with pieces of food that were not eaten?”They answered, “We filled 12 baskets.”

20. “And remember that I divided seven loaves of bread for 4,000 people. Remember how many baskets you filled with pieces of food that were not eaten?”They answered, “We filled 7 baskets.”

21. Then Jesus said to them, “You remember these things I did, but you still don’t understand?”