Mark - 8:18

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18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 8:18.

Differing Translations

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Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? neither do you remember.
Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? and do you not remember?
You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory?
Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
Though you have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear? Don't you remember,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Having eyes, see ye not?.... Meaning perhaps both the eyes of their bodies, and of their understandings: they had bodily eyes, and with them saw the miracles he wrought, and yet took little notice of them; and the eyes of their understandings were enlightened by Christ, and yet saw things but very darkly:
and having ears, hear ye not? They had their natural hearing, and yet made but little use of it; and did not so diligently attend to the sound of Christ's words: and though they had spiritual ears given them to hear, yet were very dull of, understanding, and taking in things:
and do ye not remember? the interpretation of parables formerly given, and the miracles of the loaves lately wrought.

Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not?--See on Matthew 13:13.
and do ye not remember?

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