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Mark 8:20-28 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

20. "Later I broke seven loaves for the 4,000. How many baskets of pieces did you pick up?" "Seven," they answered.

21. He said to them, "Can't you understand yet?"

22. Jesus and his disciples came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man. They begged Jesus to touch him.

23. He took the blind man by the hand. Then he led him outside the village. He spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him. "Do you see anything?" Jesus asked.

24. The man looked up. He said, "I see people. They look like trees walking around."

25. Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes. Then his eyes were opened so that he could see again. He saw everything clearly.

26. Jesus sent him home. He told him, "Don't go into the village."

27. Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?"

28. They replied, "Some say John the Baptist. Others say Elijah. Still others say one of the prophets."

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