Mark 8:11-21

11 ¹The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, ²seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.

12 ³Sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, "Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, ⁴no sign will be given to this generation."

13 Leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.

14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

15 And He was giving orders to them, saying, "⁵Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of ⁶Herod."

16 They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.

17 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? ⁷Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a hardened heart?

18 "⁸HAVING EYES, DO YOU NOT SEE? AND HAVING EARS, DO YOU NOT HEAR? And do you not remember,

19 when I broke ⁹the five loaves for the five thousand, how many ¹⁰baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?" They said to Him, "Twelve."

20 "When I broke ¹¹the seven for the four thousand, how many large ¹²baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" And they said to Him, "Seven."

21 And He was saying to them, "¹³Do you not yet understand?"

Cross References

• 1. Mark 8:11-21: {Matthew 16:1-12}
• 2. Matthew 12:38
• 3. Mark 7:34
• 4. Matthew 12:39
• 5. Matthew 16:6; Luke 12:1
• 6. Matthew 14:1; Matthew 22:16
• 7. Mark 6:52
• 8. Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2; Mark 4:12
• 9. Mark 6:41-44
• 10. Matthew 14:20
• 11. Mark 8:6-9
• 12. Mark 8:8
• 13. Mark 6:52

Footnotes

• [a] Or "attesting miracle"
• [b] Lit "testing Him"
• [c] Or "to Himself"
• [d] Or "attesting miracle"
• [e] Lit "if a sign shall be given"
• [f] Or "attesting miracle"
• [g] Or "dull, insensible"