Mark 8
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Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
1During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples over and told them, 2“I’m very concerned for these people. They’ve already been with me for three days, and they’ve run out of things to eat. 3I don’t want to send them away hungry, because if I do, they may be too weak to make it back home. I know that some of them have come a long way.”
4His disciples answered, “We’re in the middle of nowhere. Where could we get enough bread to feed this large crowd?”
5“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied.
6He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. He picked up the seven loaves and gave thanks to God, and then he broke them and gave them to his disciples. They passed the pieces of bread around to the people. 7The disciples also had a few small fish, so Jesus gave thanks for them and told his disciples to pass them around too. 8Everyone ate as much as they needed, and after that, the disciples picked up seven full baskets of leftover pieces. 9Just counting the men, 4,000 people were fed. Then Jesus sent the crowd away 10and got into a boat with his disciples. They went to the area of Dalmanutha.
11The Pharisees came and began to ask Jesus questions. They wanted to test him, so they asked him for a sign from heaven. 12He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, it won’t be given any sign.” 13Then he left them, got back into the boat, and crossed over to the other side of the lake.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
14The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. 15“Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
16The disciples talked this over among themselves and decided, “He must be saying that because we didn’t bring any bread.”
17Jesus knew what they were saying, and he asked them, “Why are you talking about not having any bread? Why can’t you see or understand? Is it because you don’t want to? 18Do you have eyes that still don’t see, and ears that still don’t hear? Don’t you remember? 19When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they answered.
20“Later I broke seven loaves for the 4,000. How many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?”
“Seven,” they replied.
21He said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22Jesus came with his disciples to Bethsaida, and there some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him. 23He took him by the hand and led him outside the village. Then he spit on the man’s eyes and placed his hands on him. “Do you see anything?” Jesus asked.
24The man looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees walking around.”
25Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes again, and when he opened his eyes wide, his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly. 26Jesus sent him straight home, telling him, “Don’t even go into the village.”
Peter Says That Jesus Is the Messiah
27Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
28They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others say one of the prophets.”
29“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”
30Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
Jesus Tells About His Coming Death
31Jesus then began to teach his disciples that the Son of Man would have to suffer a lot. He told them that the elders, chief priests, and teachers of the law would reject him. He said that he would be killed, but that after three days he would rise again. 32He explained all this clearly. But Peter took him to one side and started to berate him.
33Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, and then he firmly put Peter in his place. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You’re not thinking about what God wants. You’re only thinking about what people want.”
You Must Pick Up Your Cross
34Jesus called the crowd to him, along with his disciples, and he said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple has to deny themselves, pick up their cross, and follow me. 35Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the good news will save it. 36What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul? 37What can anyone trade for their soul? 38If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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Mt 15.32-39; Mk 6.32-44; Mt 14.13-21; Lk 9.11-17; Jn 6.5-13. In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them, 2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; 3and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way.” 4And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?” 5And he asked them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven.” 6And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them. 8And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. 9And there were about four thousand people. 10And he sent them away; and immediately he got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanutha.#8.10 Other ancient authorities read Magadan or Magdala
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Mt 16.1-4; 12.38-39; Lk 11.29. The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him. 12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.” 13#Mt 16.4-12. And he left them, and getting into the boat again he departed to the other side.
14Now they had forgotten to bring bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15#Lk 12.1; Mk 6.14; 12.13. And he cautioned them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”#8.15 Other ancient authorities read the Herodians 16And they discussed it with one another, saying, “We have no bread.” 17#Mk 6.52; Jer 5.21; Is 6.9-10; Mt 13.10-15. And being aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19#Mk 6.41-44. When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20#Mk 8.1-10. “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
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Mk 10.46-52; Jn 9.1-7. #Mk 6.45; Lk 9.10. And they came to Beth-saida. And some people brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him. 23#Mk 7.33; 5.23. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24And he looked up and said, “I see men; but they look like trees, walking.” 25Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and saw everything clearly. 26And he sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
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Mt 16.13-20; Lk 9.18-21; Jn 6.66-69. And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” 28#Mk 6.14. And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others one of the prophets.” 29And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30#Mk 9.9; 1.34. And he charged them to tell no one about him.
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Mt 16.21-28; Lk 9.22-27. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33#Mt 4.10. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men.”
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Mt 10.38; Lk 14.27. And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35#Mt 10.39; Lk 17.33; Jn 12.25. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. 36For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 37For what can a man give in return for his life? 38#Mt 10.33; Lk 12.9. For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
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