Mark 8:11–21

The Demand for a Sign

¹¹The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him.^{* 12}And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”^{* 13}And he left them, and getting into the boat again he went across to the other side.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

¹⁴Now the disciples^f had forgotten to bring any bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. ¹⁵And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”^{g* 16}They said to one another, “It is because we have no bread.” ¹⁷And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?^{* 18}Do you have eyes and fail to see? Do you have ears and fail to hear? And do you not remember? ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?” They said to him, “Twelve.”^{* 20}“And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?” And they said to him, “Seven.”^{* 21}Then he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”^*