“Why are you arguing about having no bread?
Don’t you know or understand even yet?
Are your hearts too hard to take it in?
‘You have eyes—can’t you see?
You have ears—can’t you hear?’
Don’t you remember anything at all?”
Mark 8:17-18
They were all terrified when they saw him.
But Jesus spoke to them at once.
“Don’t be afraid,”
he said.
“Take courage!
I am here!
Then he climbed into the boat,
and the wind stopped.
They were totally amazed,
for they still didn’t understand the significance
of the miracle of the loaves.
Their hearts were too hard to take it in.
Then he added,
“Pay close attention to what you hear.
The closer you listen,
the more understanding you will be given—
and you will receive even more.
To those who listen to my teaching,
more understanding will be given.
But for those who are not listening,
even what little understanding they have
will be taken away from them.”
