Mark 8:17
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
16And they said to one another, We have no bread.
18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
Cross References
Isaiah 63:17O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
Matthew 16:8And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?
Mark 3:5And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
Mark 16:14And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
John 2:24But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all.
John 21:17He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
Matthew Henry on Mark 8:11-22
The Leaven of Herod and the Pharisees; Christ Reproves His Disciples. 10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to… Read the whole commentary →