Mark 8

Four Thousand Men Fed

1 In those days, awhen there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus summoned His disciples and *said to them, 2bI feel compassion for the
Lit crowd
people because they have remained with Me for three days already and have nothing to eat.
3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.” 4And His disciples replied to Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough
Lit loaves
bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
5And He was asking them, How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.” 6And He *directed the
Lit crowd
people to recline on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve, and they served them to the
Lit crowd
people.
7They also had a few small fish; and gafter He had blessed them, He told the disciples to serve these as well. 8And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large hbaskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. 9About four thousand
I.e., 4,000 men plus women and children, cf. Matt 15:38
men were there; and He dismissed them.
10And immediately He got into the boat with His disciples and came to the region of jDalmanutha.

11 kAnd the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, ldemanding from Him a
I.e., confirming miracle
sign from heaven,
Lit testing Him
to test Him.
12 oSighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, Why does this generation demand a
I.e., confirming miracle
sign? Truly I say to you,
Lit if a sign shall be given, a very strong refusal
,
rno
I.e., confirming miracle
sign will be given to this generation!”
13And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.

14 And the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. 15And He was giving orders to them, saying, tWatch out! Beware of the
I.e., fermented dough
leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of vHerod.”
16And they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? wDo you not yet comprehend or understand? Do you still have your heart
Or dull, insensible
hardened?
18 yHaving eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, 19 when I broke zthe five loaves for the five thousand, how many aabaskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.” 20 “When I broke abthe seven for the four thousand, how many large acbaskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.” 21And He was saying to them, adDo you not yet understand?”

22 And they *came to aeBethsaida. And some people *brought a man who was blind to
Lit Him
Jesus and *begged Him to agtouch him.
23Taking the man who was blind by the hand, He ahbrought him out of the village; and after aispitting in his eyes and ajlaying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24And he
Or gained sight
looked up and said, “I see people, for I see them like trees, walking around.”
25Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. 26And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter althe village.”

Peter’s Confession of Christ

27 amJesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of anCaesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, Who do people say that I am?” 28 aoThey told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29And He continued questioning them: “But who do you say that I am?” apPeter answered and *said to Him, “You are the
I.e., Messiah
Christ.”
30And arHe
Or strictly admonished
warned them to tell no one about Him.

31 atAnd He began to teach them that authe 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 from the dead. 32And He was stating the matter avplainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 33But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, Get behind Me, awSatan; for you are not setting your mind on
Lit the things of God
God’s purposes, but on man’s.”


34 And He summoned the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, aytake up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For azwhoever wants to save his
Or soul
life will lose it, but whoever loses his
Or soul
life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
36 For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? 37 For what could a person give in exchange for his soul? 38 For bcwhoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, bdthe Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He becomes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

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