8 ²² They arrived at Bethsaida. There the people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him. 8 ²³ He took the blind man by the hand and led him away out of the village. Then he spat on his eyes, laid his hands upon him, and asked whether he could see anything. 8 ²⁴ The man's sight began to come back, and he said, 'I see men; they look like trees, but they are walking about.' 8 ²⁵ Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; he looked hard, and now he was cured so that he saw everything clearly. 8 ²⁶ Then Jesus sent him home, saying, 'Do not tell anyone in the village.' Some witnesses read: Do not go into the village.