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Mark 8:18
18Having eyes, don’t you see? And having ears, don’t you hear? And don’t you remember?
Mark 8:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- New International Version (NIV)Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
Context of Mark 8:18
16They began to discuss with each other that they had no bread. 17And Yeshua, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you discuss that you have no bread? You still don’t get it? Don’t you understand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes, don’t you see? And having ears, don’t you hear? And don’t you remember? 19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up?” “Twelve,” they say to Him. 20“When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up?” “Seven,” they say to Him.
Read all of Mark 8Mark 8:18 word by word
ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες οὐ βλέπετε, καὶ ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε; καὶ οὐ μνημονεύετε;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Mark 8:18
- Mark 4:12‘Seeing, they may see and not perceive, and hearing, they may hear and not understand, so they may not turn back and be forgiven.’”
- Deuteronomy 29:4I led you 40 years in the wilderness—your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.
- Psalms 69:23Let their table before them be a snare, and what should have been for their well-being, let it be a trap.
- Psalms 115:5They have mouths, but cannot speak; eyes, but cannot see.
- Isaiah 6:9Then He said: “Go! Tell this people: ‘Hear without understanding, and see without perceiving.’
- Isaiah 42:18Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, so you may see.
- Isaiah 44:18They do not know or understand! For He smeared over their eyes, so they cannot see, and their hearts, so they cannot understand.
- Jeremiah 5:21‘Hear this you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- Matthew 13:14”And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will keep on hearing but will never understand; you will keep looking, but will never see.
- John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they might not see with their eyes nor understand with their hearts and turn back, and I would heal them.”
- Acts 28:26saying, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing but will never understand; you will keep looking, but will never see.
- Romans 11:8just as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, until this very day.”
- 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I intend to keep reminding you of these things, even though you know them and are well-grounded in the truth that you have.
Commentaries on Mark 8:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 See this passage explained in Matthew 16:1-12. Mark 8:12 Sighed deeply in his spirit - His heart was deeply affected at their wickedness and hypocrisy. The word “spirit” here is taken as the seat of the emotions, passions, affections. He drew groans deeply from his breast. No sign be given - That is, no such sign as they asked, to wit, a sign “from heaven.” He said a sign should be given, the same as was furnished by Jonas, Matthew 16:4. But…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Obstinate unbelief will have something to say, though ever so unreasonable. Christ refused to answer their demand. If they will not be convinced, they shall not. Alas! what cause we have to lament for those around us, who destroy themselves and others by their perverse and obstinate unbelief, and enmity to the gospel! When we forget the works of God, and distrust him, we should chide ourselves severely, as Christ here reproves his disciples…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20Jesus asked eight questions that rebuked the disciples. They, of all people, should have been aware of the miraculous power of the Son of God. Although the disciples still remembered the feeding miracles, they did not apply their meaning to the situation they were facing.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not?--See on Mt 13:13. and do ye not remember?Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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