Mark 8:14-21

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Jesus’ Followers Misunderstand Him^(A)

¹⁴ The followers had only one loaf of bread with them in the boat. They forgot to bring more bread. ¹⁵ Jesus warned them, “Be careful! Guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

¹⁶ The followers discussed the meaning of this. They said, “He said this because we have no bread.”

¹⁷ Jesus knew that the followers were talking about this. So he asked them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are you not able to understand? ¹⁸ Do you have eyes that can’t see? Do you have ears that can’t hear? Remember what I did before, when we did not have enough bread? ¹⁹ I divided five loaves of bread for 5000 people. Remember how many baskets you filled with pieces of food that were not eaten?”

The followers answered, “We filled twelve baskets.”

²⁰ “And when I divided seven loaves of bread for 4000 people, how many baskets did you fill with the leftover pieces?”

They answered, “We filled seven baskets.”

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