Go Home as Jesus Instructs

Mark 8:22-26

The Big Idea

When Jesus gives a clear instruction, we can respond with careful obedience.

The Bible Story

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

Mark 8:22–26 tells how people brought a blind man to Jesus at Bethsaida. Jesus led him outside the village and healed him in two stages. At first, the man saw people, but they looked like trees walking around. Jesus laid His hands on the man’s eyes again, and the man’s sight was restored. He then saw everything clearly. Jesus sent him home and told him not to enter the village. The passage records this instruction but does not explain why Jesus gave it. This scene focuses on the final part of the account: the man beginning his journey home while leaving the village behind. The man’s blindness is not presented as a fault or punishment.

Themes

Clear sight Compassionate care Following Jesus’s specific instruction Healing Patient restoration

Bible moment

The Bible moment

Look closely

What children can notice

Jesus sends the man home and tells him not to enter the village. Show the man beginning his journey toward home while the village remains behind him, communicating careful obedience to Jesus’s specific instruction.

Talk together

Talk about it

What instruction did Jesus give the man?
Which direction did the man begin to go?

For families, church, and class

Use this page

Use this page to help children retell the ending of Mark 8:22–26 accurately. Invite them to notice the man’s direction and the village behind him. Emphasize respectful language, clear sight restored by Jesus, and following the instruction recorded in the passage. Do not speculate about why Jesus gave the command or add events after the story ends.

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