Mark 8:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

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  • Mark 4:12 : 12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • Rom 11:8 : 8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser. 10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
  • John 12:40 : 40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.
  • Ps 115:5-8 : 5 They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not; 6 They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell; 7 They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat. 8 Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
  • Isa 42:18-20 : 18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant? 20 Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
  • Deut 29:4 : 4 But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.
  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.
  • Ps 69:23 : 23 Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

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  • Mark 8:16-17
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    86%

    16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.

    17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

  • Mark 8:21
    84%

    21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

  • Matt 16:7-11
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    82%

    7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

    8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

    9 Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

    10 Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

    11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

  • Matt 13:13-16
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    78%

    13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

    15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

    16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    78%

    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

    13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

  • Matt 15:16
    78%

    16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

  • Acts 28:26-27
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    78%

    26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

    27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

  • Mark 8:19
    77%

    19 When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

    10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

  • Matt 13:9
    75%

    9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 11:15
    75%

    15 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Mark 6:52
    74%

    52 For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

  • Mark 4:9
    74%

    9 And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

  • Jer 5:21
    74%

    21 Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

  • Mark 7:16
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  • Isa 44:18
    74%

    18 They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.

  • John 12:40
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    40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

  • Deut 29:4
    74%

    4 But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

  • Isa 42:20
    74%

    20 Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

  • Luke 8:9-10
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    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

    10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

  • Mark 6:38
    73%

    38 And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

  • Matt 20:33
    73%

    33 They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.

  • Mark 8:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

    5 And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

  • Isa 42:18
    72%

    18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

  • Ps 115:6
    72%

    6 They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

  • Mark 4:23
    72%

    23 If any man has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 8:18
    72%

    18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

  • Rom 11:8
    72%

    8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

  • Luke 24:16
    72%

    16 But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

  • Luke 9:45
    72%

    45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

  • John 9:27
    72%

    27 His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?

  • Matt 15:33
    72%

    33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

  • Mark 2:8
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    8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

  • John 21:5
    71%

    5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

  • Mark 8:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

    24 And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.

  • Mark 8:14
    71%

    14 And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.