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Mark 8:24

Sickness and healing

22 When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

25 Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

26 Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”
KJV
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
WEB
He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.”
ASV
And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold [them] as trees, walking.
DARBY
And having looked up, he said, I behold men, for I see [them], as trees, walking.
BLB
And having looked up, he was saying, “I see the men, because I see [them] as trees walking.”
ÅB
Og han så opp og sa: Jeg kan se mennesker; for jeg ser folk gå omkring slik som trær.
OTB
Han så opp og sa: "Jeg ser mennesker; de ser ut som trær som går omkring."
B1930
Og han så op og sa: Jeg kan se mennesker; for jeg ser folk gå omkring likesom trær.

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