Marcos 8

A blind man

22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him. 23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; then spitting into his eyes*Dear me, how unsanitary! Jesus used a variety of procedures to heal people, and here He used two stages. and laying hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything. 24 And looking up he said, "I do see men, only they look like walking trees."*Evidently he was not born blind, because he knew what men and trees looked like. 25 Then He put His hands on his eyes again, and made him look up; and he was restored and saw everyone clearly. 26 Then He sent him away to his house, saying, "Neither go into the village nor tell anyone in the village."*Evidently he did not live in that village. A small handful (0.5%) of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit ‘nor tell anyone in the village’, to be followed by NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.