Mark 8:18

Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

In Context

17Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet or understand? Is your heart still hardened?

19When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4But the LORD has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

Psalms 115:5They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.

Isaiah 42:18“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

Jeremiah 5:21‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;

John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

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 →

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