Mark 8
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Feeding Four Thousand
1In # 8:1–10 Mt 15:29–38 those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He called # 8:1 Lk 18:16 the disciples # 8:1 Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1 and said to them, 2“I have compassion # 8:2 Lk 15:20 on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, # 8:3 Mk 8:27 and some of them have come a long distance.”
4His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to feed # 8:4 Mt 5:6; 15:33 these people? ”
5 “How many loaves do you have? ” he asked them.
“Seven,” they said. 6He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke # 8:6 Mk 14:22 them, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. So they served them to the crowd. 7They also had a few small fish, and after he had blessed them, he said these were to be served as well. 8They ate and were satisfied. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces. 9About four thousand were there. He dismissed them. 10And he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
11The # 8:11–12 Mt 16:1–4 Pharisees # 8:11 Mk 7:3 came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign # 8:11 Mk 13:22; Jn 2:11; Heb 2:4 from heaven # 8:11 Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 to test # 8:11 Jms 1:13 him. 12Sighing deeply in his spirit, # 8:12 Ps 51:12 he said, “Why does this generation # 8:12 Lk 11:29 demand a sign? Truly I tell you, # 8:12 Rv 22:21 no sign will be given to this generation.” 13Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.
14The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15Then # 8:15–21 Mt 16:5–12 he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven # 8:15 Or yeast,# 8:15 Lk 13:21; Gl 5:9 of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” # 8:15 Mt 14:1 16They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. 17Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts? # 8:17 Mk 6:52; Jn 12:40; Rm 11:7; 2Co 3:14 18Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear? # 8:18 Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2,# 8:18 Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2; Mk 4:9,40 And do you not remember? # 8:18 Rv 2:5 19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect? ”
“Twelve,” they told him.
20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you collect? ”
“Seven,” they said.
21And he said to them, “Don’t you understand yet? ” # 8:21 Mk 4:40
Healing a Blind Man
22They came to Bethsaida. # 8:22 Jn 12:21 They brought a blind # 8:22 Mt 15:14 man to him and begged him to touch him. 23He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting # 8:23 Mk 7:33; 8:23; Jn 9:6 on his eyes and laying his hands on # 8:23 1Tm 5:22 him, he asked him, “Do you see anything? ”
24He looked up and said, “I see people — they look like trees walking.” # 8:24 Mt 11:5
25Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. 26Then he sent # 8:26 Mk 3:14 him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.” # 8:26 Other mss add or tell anyone in the village,# 8:26 Mk 1:44
Peter’s Confession of the Messiah
27Jesus # 8:27–30 Mt 16:13–20; Lk 9:18–20 went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am? ”
28They answered him, “John the Baptist; # 8:28 Mk 1:4; Lk 7:20 others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.” # 8:28 Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52
29 “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am? ”
Peter # 8:29 Lk 6:14 answered him, “You are the Messiah.” # 8:29 Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 30And he strictly warned # 8:30 2Tm 4:2 them to tell no one about him.
His Death and Resurrection Predicted
31Then # 8:31–9:1 Mt 16:21–28; Lk 9:21–27 he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man # 8:31 Mk 2:10 to suffer many things and be rejected # 8:31 Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10; Lk 9:22; 17:25; 20:17; Heb 12:17; 1Pt 2:4,7 by the elders, # 8:31 3Jn 1 chief priests, and scribes, # 8:31 Mt 2:4 be killed, and rise # 8:31 Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33; Ac 2:24 after three days. # 8:31 Lk 9:22 32He spoke openly about this. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! # 8:33 Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10 You are not thinking about God’s concerns # 8:33 Or about the things of God but human concerns.”
Take Up Your Cross
34Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, # 8:34 Mk 10:45 take up his cross, # 8:34 Lk 9:23 and follow me. # 8:34 Jn 8:12; 3Jn 9 35For whoever wants to save # 8:35 Ac 16:30; Jms 5:20; Jd 23 his life will lose it, # 8:35 1Jn 3:16 but whoever loses # 8:35 Mt 16:26 his life # 8:35 Mt 10:39 because of me # 8:35 Mk 10:29; Rm 8:36 and the gospel # 8:35 Mk 1:1; Php 1:5 will save it. # 8:35 Mt 16:25; Lk 9:24 36For what does it benefit # 8:36 Mk 5:26 someone to gain # 8:36 Mt 16:26 the whole world # 8:36 Mt 13:38 and yet lose # 8:36 1Co 3:15; Php 3:7 his life? # 8:36 Rm 15:1 37What can anyone give in exchange for his life? # 8:37 Mt 20:28 38For whoever is ashamed # 8:38 Rm 1:16 of me and my words # 8:38 Mk 4:14; Jn 18:32 in this adulterous and sinful # 8:38 1Tm 1:15 generation, # 8:38 Mt 12:39; Lk 11:29 the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory # 8:38 Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18 of his Father # 8:38 Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42 with the holy # 8:38 1Co 7:14 angels.” # 8:38 Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Jd 14; Rv 14:6
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Mark 8
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Jesus fed 4,000 men
1Jesus kept on teaching the people in that country. A big mob of people stayed there and listened to him for 3 days. And in that time, they finished up all their food. 2Jesus called to his followers to come to him, and he said, “I feel really sorry for this mob. They are hungry, and they haven’t got anything to eat. 3I can’t send them home like this. Some of them have walked a long way to get here, and if they start walking home now, they will get weak and fall down. We have to give them some food.”
4His followers said, “But they are a really big mob of people. We can’t get enough food out here in the bush to feed them all.”
5Jesus said, “How much bread have you got?”
The men said, “7 loaves of bread.”
6Then Jesus told the people to sit down on the ground. Then he picked up the 7 loaves of bread and said, “Thank you God for this bread.” Then Jesus broke it into bits and gave it to his followers, and they gave it out to all the people.
7Somebody had some little fish there, and they gave them to Jesus, and he said, “Thank you God for these fish.” Then Jesus also gave the fish to his followers, to give out to the people.
8They all ate and ate until they were full, and there was a lot of food that they didn’t eat. Then they picked up all those left-over bits of food, and they filled up 7 baskets with it. 9There were 4,000 men in that big mob. After they finished eating that food, Jesus told them to go home.
10Straight away, Jesus and his followers got into a boat and went across the lake to a place called Dalmanutha.
Some of the Pharisee mob asked Jesus to show everyone his power
11There were some of the Pharisee mob at that place. They were strong for the Jewish law. They heard people say that Jesus was there, so they came to talk to him. They wanted to trick him, so they started to argue with him. They said, “Hey, show us that God sent you here. Do something powerful so we can see that you have special power from God.”#Luke 11:16
12Jesus was a little bit upset. He breathed deeply and said, “You mob that are alive today always want to see something powerful, and if I don’t do something powerful, you will not believe that I came from God. Listen, I will not do anything powerful for you mob here now.”#Luke 11:29 13Then Jesus and his followers walked away from that Pharisee mob, and they got into a boat and went across to the other side of the lake.
Jesus told his followers to be careful
14But, before they got into the boat to go across the lake, Jesus’s followers forgot to buy more food. So they only had one loaf of bread with them.
15Jesus talked straight to his followers. He said, “You know how we make damper. We put some baking powder into the flour to make it swell up. Well, I’m telling you this, stay away from the baking powder that comes from the Pharisee mob, that are strong for our law, and stay away from the baking powder that comes from Herod, the big boss.”#Luke 12:1
16Jesus’s followers didn’t understand what Jesus meant, and they started to argue with each other. They said, “We didn’t get enough food for the trip. That is what he is talking about.”
17Jesus knew what they said to each other, and he said, “Why are you mob arguing about food? You still haven’t learned about me. You don’t understand me. Maybe your minds are closed. 18-19You’ve got eyes, but you don’t look. You’ve got ears, but you don’t listen. Do you remember the time we had 5 loaves of bread, and I gave food to 5,000 men? How many baskets of left-over bits did you pick up?”#Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2; Mark 4:12
They said, “12 baskets full.”
20Then Jesus said, “Do you remember the time we had 7 loaves of bread, and I gave food to 4,000 men? How many baskets of left-over bits did you pick up?”
They said, “7 baskets full.”
21Then Jesus asked them, “So how come you still don’t understand about me?”
Jesus made a blind man see again
22Jesus and his followers got to a place called Bethsayida, on the west side of Lake Galilee, and they got out of the boat. Some people brought a blind man to him, and they asked Jesus to touch him and make him better. 23Jesus held the man’s hand and took him outside the town. Then Jesus spat on the man’s eyes, and then put his hands on him and said, “Can you see anything now?”
24The man looked around and said, “Yes, I can see a little bit. I can see people, but they look like trees walking around.” 25So Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes again. Then the man carefully looked around again, and his eyes were properly better, and he saw everything clearly.
26Jesus told the man to go straight home. He said, “As you walk home, don’t go into that town. Don’t let anyone see that I made you better.”
Peter told Jesus, “You are the special man that God promised to send”
27Then Jesus and his followers left Galilee country, and they went north to some towns in the country called Caesarea-Philippi. As they walked along the track, Jesus asked his followers, “When people talk about me, who do they reckon I really am?”
28They said, “They reckon you are one of God’s men that died, but then God made you come alive again. Some people reckon you are John the Baptiser. Other people reckon you are Elijah, that man that lived a long time ago. And other people reckon you are one of those other men that told God’s messages a long time ago.”#Mark 6:14-15; Luke 9:7-8
29Then Jesus asked them, “Who do you reckon I really am?”
Peter said straight out, “You are the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us.”#John 6:68-69
30Jesus told them strongly, “Don’t say that to anyone else. Don’t tell anyone about me.”
Jesus told his followers, “They will kill me”
31Then Jesus told his followers about the bad things that were going to happen to him. He said, “I am God’s special man from heaven, but our Jewish elders, and our ceremony bosses, and our law teachers, they will all reckon I’m no good. They will hurt me badly in lots of ways, and they will kill me. I will be dead for 2 nights, then on the 3rd day I will come alive again.”
32Jesus talked straight to them, but Peter couldn’t believe it. He took Jesus away from the others and told him not to talk like that. 33Jesus turned around and looked at his other followers there, then he said strongly to Peter, “Go away from me. You are like Satan, the boss over the bad spirits. You are not thinking God’s way. You are just thinking like a man.”
34Then Jesus called out to all the people that were there. He called them to come up close, with his followers, and he said to them all, “If any of you wants to follow me properly, you have to stop thinking only about yourself. You have to live like me. You have to be ready to die, yes, die like a criminal on a cross, just like I will die.#Matthew 10:38; Luke 14:27 35If you only want to look after your own life here on earth, you will lose it. You will not live for ever with me. But if you are ready to give up your life here, and live my way, and tell other people the good news about me, then you will find real life, and you will live with me for ever.#Matthew 10:39; Luke 17:33; John 12:25 36You see, you might get lots of money and things for yourself, and you might even get everything in the world. But if you miss out on real life, and you don’t live for ever with me, all that stuff is useless to you. 37You can’t use it to get that real life.
38You know that some people are really bad, and they don’t take any notice of God. If you are frightened of them, so that you don’t tell them about me, and you don’t say that you belong to me, then later, I will not say that you belong to me. I’m God’s special man from heaven, and one day my father, God, will make me really great, and I will come back here to the earth, with all God’s angel messengers. But if you don’t tell people now that you belong to me, then when I come back here, I will not say that you belong to me.”
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