Mark 8:21

21 He said, "Do you still not get it?"

Mark 8:21 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:21

And he said unto them
Since this was the case, and they so well remembered the miracles he had wrought, and the circumstances of them:

how is it that ye do not understand?
my words concerning the leaven of the Pharisees, of the Sadducees, and of Herod, as to imagine I spoke of bread, taken in a literal sense; or that I concerned myself about the scantiness of your provisions, when you, might have learnt from my late miracles, how able I am to support you, if you had not so much as one loaf with you: wherefore it argues great want both of understanding and faith, and shows great stupidity, ignorance, and unbelief, to give such a sense of my words, and to be anxiously concerned on the score of your provisions.

Mark 8:21 In-Context

19 Remember the five loaves I broke for the five thousand? How many baskets of leftovers did you pick up?" They said, "Twelve."
20 "And the seven loaves for the four thousand - how many bags full of leftovers did you get?" "Seven."
21 He said, "Do you still not get it?"
22 They arrived at Bethsaida. Some people brought a sightless man and begged Jesus to give him a healing touch.
23 Taking him by the hand, he led him out of the village. He put spit in the man's eyes, laid hands on him, and asked, "Do you see anything?"
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