^8:22Then²⁶ they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus²⁷ and asked him to touch him. ^8:23He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then²⁸ he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes²⁹ and asked, “Do you see anything?” ^8:24Regaining his sight³⁰ he said, “I see people, but they look like trees walking.” ^8:25Then Jesus³¹ placed his hands on the man’s³² eyes again. And he opened his eyes,³³ his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ^8:26Jesus³⁴ sent him home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.”³⁵

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Footnotes

26 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
27 Grk “to him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
28 Grk “village, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
29 Grk “on him,” but the word πάλιν in v. 25 implies that Jesus touched the man’s eyes at this point.
30 The verb ἀναβλέπω, though normally meaning “look up,” when used in conjunction with blindness means “regain sight.”
31 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
32 Grk “his”; the referent (the blind man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
33 Or “he looked intently”; or “he stared with eyes wide open” ( διαβλέπω 1).
34 Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
35 Codex Bezae (D) replaces “Do not even go into the village” with “Go to your house, and do not tell anyone, not even in the village.” Other with some minor variations (Θ f13 28 565 2542 ) expand on this prohibition to read “Go to your house, and if you go into the village, do not tell anyone.” There are several other variants here as well. While these expansions are not part of Mark’s original text, they do accurately reflect the sense of Jesus’ prohibition.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”

He looked up and said, “I see people—they look like trees walking.”

Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. Then he sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him. Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?”

The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.”

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly. Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a blind man and implored him that he would touch him. And he took hold of the blind man’s hand and led him outside the village, and after spitting in his eyes, he placed his hands on him and asked him, “Do you see anything?” And looking up he said, “I see people, for I see them like trees walking around.” Then he placed his hands on his eyes again, and he opened his eyes and was cured, and could see everything clearly. And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And 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. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And 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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