Mark 8
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1Around this time there was another large crowd that had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples together and told them, 2“I feel for the crowd because they have already stayed with me for three days and they have nothing to eat. 3If I send them home without food, they'll faint on the way. Some have come from a long way away.”
4“Where could anybody find enough bread to feed them here in this wilderness?” answered his disciples.
5“How many loaves do you have?” he asked.
“Seven,” they replied.
6He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves of bread, and gave thanks. He broke the bread and handed the pieces to his disciples to give to the crowd. 7They had a few fish as well, so having blessed them, he said, “Take these and share them too.”
8They ate until they were full, and then collected up seven baskets of leftovers. 9There were four thousand people there. After sending them on their way, 10Jesus climbed into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.
11The Pharisees arrived and began to argue with him, wanting him to give them a miraculous sign from heaven, trying to get him to prove himself. 12Jesus sighed deeply, and asked, “Why do you people#8:12. Literally, “this generation.” want a sign? I tell you the truth: I will not give you a sign.”
13So he left them behind, climbed into the boat, and went back across the lake. 14But the disciples had forgotten to bring bread with them. All they had in the boat was one loaf.
15“Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod!” he warned them.
16“He's saying that because we don't have any bread,” they concluded.
17Jesus knew what they were saying, and said, “Why are you talking about not having any bread? Are you still not thinking and not understanding? Have you closed your minds?#8:17. Literally, “Have you hardened your hearts?” 18You've got eyes to see, haven't you? And ears to hear?#8:18. An Old Testament expression: see Deuteronomy 29:4, Isaiah 42:20, Jeremiah 5:21, and Ezekiel 12:2. 19Don't you remember when I shared five loaves among five thousand? How many basketfuls of leftovers did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they replied.
20“And the seven loaves divided among four thousand. How many basketfuls of leftovers did you pick up?”
“Seven,” they answered.
21“Do you still not understand?” he asked them.
22They went to Bethsaida where some people brought a blind man to Jesus. They begged Jesus to touch him and heal him. 23Jesus took the blind man by the hand and took him outside the village. Jesus spat on the man's eyes and touched him with his hands.
Then Jesus asked him, “Can you see anything?”
24The man looked around, and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees walking.” 25So Jesus touched the man's eyes again. He could see properly—he was cured and his sight was clear. 26Jesus sent the man home, and told him, “Don't go back through the village.”#8:26. In other words, do not spread the news of what has happened.
27Jesus and his disciples left to go to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say I am?”
28“Some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, others say one of the prophets,” they replied.
29“But who do you say I am?” he asked them.
“You are the Messiah!” Peter answered.
30Jesus warned them not to tell anybody about him.
31Then Jesus began to explain to them that the Son of man would suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and religious teachers. He would be killed, but three days later would rise again. 32Jesus explained this to them very clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and started to reprimand him for what he said.
33Jesus turned around and looking at his disciples, reprimanded Peter. “Get away from me, Satan,” he said. “You're not thinking as God thinks, but as human beings do.”
34Jesus called the crowd and his disciples over to him, and told them, “If you want to follow me, you must give up on yourselves, pick up your cross and follow me. 35If you want to save your life you will lose it, but if you lose your life because of me and the good news you will save it.
36What use is it for you to gain everything in the whole world, and lose your life? 37What would you give in exchange for your life? 38If you're ashamed to acknowledge#8:38. “Ashamed to acknowledge me,” or, “do not take your stand for me.” me and what I say among this unfaithful and sinful people,#8:38. Literally, “generation.” then the Son of man will be ashamed to acknowledge you when he comes with his Father's glory with the holy angels.”
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Mark 8
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1 In those days, again, when there was a great crowd, and they did not have anything to eat, calling together his disciples, he said to them:
2 "I have compassion for the multitude, because, behold, they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat.
3 And if I were to send them away fasting to their home, they might faint on the way." For some of them came from far away.
4 And his disciples answered him, "From where would anyone be able to obtain enough bread for them in the wilderness?"
5 And he questioned them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."
6 And he instructed the crowd to sit down to eat on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke and gave it to his disciples in order to place before them. And they placed these before the crowd.
7 And they had a few small fish. And he blessed them, and he ordered them to be placed before them.
8 And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up what had been leftover from the fragments: seven baskets.
9 And those who ate were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.
10 And promptly climbing into a boat with his disciples, he went into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees went out and began to contend with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
12 And sighing deeply in spirit, he said: "Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, if only a sign will be given to this generation!"
13 And sending them away, he climbed into the boat again, and he went away across the sea.
14 And they forgot to take bread. And they did not have any with them in the boat, except one loaf.
15 And he instructed them, saying: "Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod."
16 And they discussed this with one another, saying, "For we have no bread."
17 And Jesus, knowing this, said to them: "Why do you consider that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet know or understand? Do you still have blindness in your heart?
18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember,
19 when I broke the five loves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments you took up?" They said to him, "Twelve."
20 "And when the seven loaves were among the four thousand, how many baskets of fragments did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven."
21 And he said to them, "How is it that you do not yet understand?"
22 And they went to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to him. And they petitioned him, so that he would touch him.
23 And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him beyond the village. And putting spit on his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he could see anything.
24 And looking up, he said, "I see men but they are like walking trees."
25 Next he placed his hands again over his eyes, and he began to see. And he was restored, so that he could see everything clearly.
26 And he sent him to his house, saying, "Go into your own house, and if you enter into the town, tell no one."
27 And Jesus departed with his disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, he questioned his disciples, saying to them, "Who do men say that I am?"
28 And they answered him by saying: "John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others perhaps one of the prophets."
29 Then he said to them, "Yet truly, who do you say that I am?" Peter responded by saying to him, "You are the Christ."
30 And he admonished them, not to tell anyone about him.
31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and by the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And he spoke the word openly. And Peter, taking him aside, began to correct him.
33 And turning away and looking at his disciples, he admonished Peter, saying, "Get behind me, Satan, for you do not prefer the things that are of God, but the things that are of men."
34 And calling together the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone chooses to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whoever will have chosen to save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life, for my sake and for the Gospel, shall save it.
36 For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul?
37 Or, what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 For whoever has been ashamed of me and of my words, among this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he will arrive in the glory of his Father, with the holy Angels."
39 And he said to them, "Amen I say to you, that there are some among those standing here who shall not taste death until they see the kingdom of God arriving in power."
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