They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, ‘Can you see anything?’ And the man looked up and said, ‘I can see people, but they look like trees, walking.’ Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he looked intently and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Then he sent him away to his home, saying, ‘Do not even go into the village.’ (Mark 8: 22-26)

The blind man was not a resident of the village. "Some people" - the Greek is the impersonal plural pronoun for "they" - brought him there. The Greek verb is phero which is used more often for stuff than for people. Conveyed may best suggest the tone in English. They did not ask Jesus to heal the man. The Greek might mean they summoned Jesus to "set fire" to the man.

The tone of the Greek combined with Jesus leading the blind man out of town implies some people had brought the blind man along to provide a spectacle. Jesus did not play along. I wonder if this complicated context might also explain the extra effort required to accomplish the healing. Jesus had to overcome both blindness and boorishness.

They sought a good outcome but for bad reasons. Intention is important to Jesus. Sloppy lack of intention is forgiven. Good intention badly executed is received empathetically and mercifully. But bad intentions - even if they produce a positive good - are a constant target of Jesus' condemnation.

Above is Mindful Moment by Russell Maier.