Mark 8
8
Four Thousand Fed
1In those days, when there was again a large crowd [gathered before Him] and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and told them, [Matt 15:32-39] 2“I feel compassion for the crowd; they have been with Me now for three days and have nothing [left] to eat. 3If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way.” 4His disciples replied to Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this isolated place to feed these people?” 5He asked them, “How many loaves [of bread] do you have?” They said, “Seven.” 6He directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and [repeatedly] gave them to His disciples to set before them, and they served the crowd. 7They also had a few small fish; and when Jesus had blessed them [and given thanks], He ordered these [fish] to be set before them as well. 8And the people ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. 9About four thousand [men] were there [besides women and children]; and He sent them away. 10Then immediately He got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of #8:10 This may have been another name for Magadan or Magdala.Dalmanutha.
11The Pharisees came out and began to argue [contentiously and debate] with Him, demanding from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him [because of their unbelief]. 12He groaned and sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, #8:12 Lit if a sign will be given. The statement takes the form of an oath, which is an emphatic way of forbidding something.no sign will be given to this generation!” 13Leaving them, He again boarded the boat and left for the other side.
14Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15Jesus repeatedly ordered them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the #8:15 A substance such as yeast that consists mostly of fungi. This analogy relates the impurity of a leavening agent to the impurity of the man-made tradition and hypocrisy of the Pharisees that was preventing the nation of Israel from accepting the Messiah.leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 16They began discussing this with one another, saying, “It is because we have no bread [that He said this].” 17Jesus, aware of this [discussion], said to them, “Why are you discussing [the fact] that you have no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? [Is 6:9, 10] 18Though you have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear and listen [to what I have said]? And do you not remember, [Jer 5:21] 19when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They answered, “Twelve.” 20“And [when I broke] the seven [loaves] for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they answered, “Seven.” 21And He was saying to them, “Do you still not understand?”
22Then they came to Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him. 23Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24And he looked up and said, “I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking around.” 25Then again Jesus laid His hands on his eyes; and the man stared intently and [his sight] was [completely] restored, and he began to see everything clearly. 26And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
Peter’s Confession of Christ
27Then Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages of #8:27 Located in the area known today as the Golan Heights.Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” [Matt 16:13-16; Luke 9:18-20] 28They answered Him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” 29And He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to Him, “You [in contrast to the others] are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).” 30Then Jesus strictly warned them not to tell anyone about Him.
31And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must [of necessity] suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and must be put to death, and after three days rise [from death to life]. [Matt 16:21-28; Luke 9:22-27] 32He was stating the matter plainly [not holding anything back]. Then Peter took Him aside and began to reprimand Him. 33But turning around [with His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan; for your mind is not set on God’s will or His values and purposes, but on what pleases man.”
34Jesus called the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and #8:34 See note Matt 10:38.take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]. 35For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake and the gospel’s will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God]. [Matt 10:39; Luke 17:33; John 12:25] 36For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul? 37For what will a man give in exchange for his soul and eternal life [in God’s kingdom]? 38For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
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St Mark 8
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1IN those days again, when there was a great multitude, and had nothing to eat; calling his disciples together, he saith to them:
2I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat.
3And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way; for some of them came from afar off.
4And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?
5And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.
6And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke, and gave to his disciples for to set before them; and they set them before the people.
7And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded them to be set before them.
8And they did eat and were filled; and they took up that which was left of the fragments, seven baskets.
9And they that had eaten were about four thousand; and he sent them away.
10And immediately going up into a ship with his disciples, he came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
12And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why doth this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this generation.
13And leaving them, he went up again into the ship, and passed to the other side of the water.
14And they forgot to take bread; and they had but one loaf with them in the ship.
15And he charged them, saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16And they reasoned among themselves, saying: Because we have no bread.
17Which Jesus knowing, saith to them: Why do you reason, because you have no bread? do you not yet know nor understand? have you still your heart blinded?
18Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? neither do you remember.
19When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say to him, Twelve.
20When also the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets of fragments took you up? And they say to him, Seven.
21And he said to them: How do you not yet understand?
22And they came to Bethsaida; and they bring to him a blind man, and they besought him that he would touch him.
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.
26And he sent him into his house, saying: Go into thy house, and if thou enter into the town, tell nobody.
27And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And in the way, he asked his disciples, saying to them: Whom do men say that I am?
28Who answered him, saying: John the Baptist; but some Elias, and others as one of the prophets.
29Then he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ.
30And he strictly charged them that they should not tell any man of him.
31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed: and after three days rise again.
32And he spoke the word openly. And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him.
33Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened Peter, saying: Go behind me, Satan, because thou savorest not the things that are of God, but that are of men.
34And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, shall save it.
36For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38For he that shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation: the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
39And he said to them: Amen I say to you, that there are some of them that stand here, who shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God coming in power.
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