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Mark 8:17–22

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And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
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From verse 17

  1. Mark 6:52Rank 1 from verse 17
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    52For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

  2. Hebrews 5:11–12Rank 2 from verse 17
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    11Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

    12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

  3. Isaiah 63:17Rank 3 from verse 17
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    17¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

  4. Mark 2:8Rank 4 from verse 17
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    8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

  5. Mark 3:5Rank 5 from verse 17
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    5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  6. Matthew 16:8–9Rank 6 from verse 17
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    8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

    9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

  7. Hebrews 4:12–13Rank 7 from verse 17
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  8. John 16:30Rank 8 from verse 17
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    30Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

  9. John 2:24–25Rank 9 from verse 17
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    24But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

    25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

  10. John 21:17Rank 10 from verse 17
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    17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

  11. Luke 24:25Rank 11 from verse 17
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    25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

  12. Mark 16:14Rank 12 from verse 17
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    14¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

  13. Matthew 15:17Rank 13 from verse 17
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    17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

  14. Revelation 2:23Rank 14 from verse 17
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    23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

From verse 18

  1. Acts 28:26–27Rank 1 from verse 18
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    26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

    27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  2. Matthew 13:14–15Rank 2 from verse 18
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    14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

    15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  3. Jeremiah 5:21Rank 3 from verse 18
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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  4. Mark 4:12Rank 4 from verse 18
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    12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

  5. Ezekiel 12:2Rank 5 from verse 18
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    2Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

  6. John 12:40Rank 6 from verse 18
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    40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

  7. Isaiah 6:9–10Rank 7 from verse 18
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    9¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

    10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  8. Isaiah 42:18–20Rank 8 from verse 18
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    18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

    19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?

    20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

  9. Romans 11:8Rank 9 from verse 18
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    8(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

  10. Psalms 115:5–8Rank 10 from verse 18
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    5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

    6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

    7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

    8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

  11. Isaiah 44:18Rank 11 from verse 18
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    18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  12. Deuteronomy 29:4Rank 12 from verse 18
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    4Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

  13. Psalms 69:23Rank 13 from verse 18
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    23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

  14. 2 Peter 1:12Rank 14 from verse 18
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    12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

From verse 19

  1. John 6:5–13Rank 1 from verse 19
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    5¶ When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

    6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

    7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

    8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

    9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

    10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

    11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

    12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

    13Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

  2. Luke 9:12–17Rank 2 from verse 19
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    12And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

    13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

    14For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

    15And they did so, and made them all sit down.

    16Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

    17And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

  3. Mark 6:38–44Rank 3 from verse 19
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    38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

    39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

    40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

    41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

    42And they did all eat, and were filled.

    43And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

    44And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

  4. Matthew 14:17–21Rank 4 from verse 19
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    17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

    18He said, Bring them hither to me.

    19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

    20And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

    21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

From verse 20

  1. Matthew 15:34–38Rank 1 from verse 20
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    34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

    35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

    36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

    37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

    38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

  2. Mark 8:1–9Rank 2 from verse 20
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    1IN those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

    2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

    3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

    4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

    5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

    6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

    7And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

    8So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

    9And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

From verse 21

  1. Mark 6:52Rank 1 from verse 21
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    52For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

  2. Psalms 94:8Rank 2 from verse 21
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    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:34Rank 3 from verse 21
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    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

  4. 1 Corinthians 6:5Rank 4 from verse 21
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    5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

  5. John 14:9Rank 5 from verse 21
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    9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

  6. Mark 8:12Rank 6 from verse 21
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    12And 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.

  7. Mark 8:17Rank 7 from verse 21
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    17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

  8. Matthew 16:11–12Rank 8 from verse 21
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    11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

    12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

  9. Mark 9:19Rank 9 from verse 21
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    19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

From verse 22

  1. Matthew 11:21Rank 1 from verse 22
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    21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

  2. Luke 10:13Rank 2 from verse 22
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    13Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

  3. Mark 6:45Rank 3 from verse 22
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    45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

  4. John 1:44Rank 4 from verse 22
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    44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

  5. John 12:21Rank 5 from verse 22
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    21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

  6. Mark 2:3Rank 6 from verse 22
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    3And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

  7. Matthew 8:15Rank 7 from verse 22
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    15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

  8. Matthew 9:29Rank 8 from verse 22
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    29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

  9. Luke 9:10Rank 9 from verse 22
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    10¶ And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

  10. Mark 5:27–29Rank 10 from verse 22
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    27When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

    28For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

    29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

  11. Mark 6:55–56Rank 11 from verse 22
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    55And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

    56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

  12. Matthew 8:3Rank 12 from verse 22
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    3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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Mark 8:17

COMBINED MEANING

knew

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Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reason

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A ground or cause; understanding or judgment; to think, discuss, or argue.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

perceive

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To become aware of, recognize, discern, or understand a person, thing, fact, or meaning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hardened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of harden, meaning to make or become hard, firm, stubborn, insensible, or resistant.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Mark 8:18

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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remember

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1. To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. 2. To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. 3. To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Mark 8:19

COMBINED MEANING

loaves

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Portions or shaped masses of bread baked as separate units.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Mark 8:20

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Mark 8:21

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Mark 8:22

COMBINED MEANING

blind

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Sense 1: Unable to see with the eyes, or unable or unwilling to perceive, understand, or judge. Sense 2: A person or persons unable to see, as in ‘the blind’. Sense 3: To make unable to see or judge, or to obscure or hinder sight or judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8:14¶ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

8:15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

8:16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

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8:18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

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8:19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

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8:20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

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8:21And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

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8:22¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

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8:23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

8:24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

8:25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

8:26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

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