Mark 8:24
Good News Translation
The man looked up and said, "Yes, I can see people, but they look like trees walking around."

New Revised Standard Version
And the man looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees, walking.”

Contemporary English Version
The man looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking around."

New American Bible
Looking up he replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And looking up, he said: I see men, as it were trees, walking.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And looking up, he said: I see men, as it were trees, walking.

I see.

Judges 9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold, a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.

Isaiah 29:18 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 32:3 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.

1 Corinthians 13:9-12 For we know in part: and we prophesy in part. . . .

Context
The Blind Man at Bethsaida
23And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town. And spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he saw any thing. 24And looking up, he said: I see men, as it were trees, walking. 25After that again he laid his hands upon his eyes: and he began to see and was restored, so that he saw all things clearly.…
Cross References
Mark 8:23
And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town. And spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he saw any thing.

Mark 8:25
After that again he laid his hands upon his eyes: and he began to see and was restored, so that he saw all things clearly.

Mark 8:23
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