12. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
13. Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other shore.
14. They had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
15. He enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
16. They concluded among themselves that it was because they had no bread.
17. When he became aware of this he said to them, “Why do you conclude that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?
18. Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do you not remember,
19. when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many wicker baskets full of fragments you picked up?” They answered him, “Twelve.”
20. “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many full baskets of fragments did you pick up?” They answered [him], “Seven.”
21. He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”
22. When they arrived at Bethsaida, they brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.
23. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on him and asked, “Do you see anything?”
24. Looking up he replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.”
25. Then he laid hands on his eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly.
26. Then he sent him home and said, “Do not even go into the village.”