Mark 8
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
8In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, aJesus called His disciples and *said to them, 2“aI feel compassion for the crowd because they have remained with Me now three days 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 answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough 1bread 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 crowd to 1sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them. And He kept giving them to His disciples to 2serve to them, and they served them to the crowd. 7And they also had a few small fish; and aafter He blessed them, He ordered these to be 1served as well. 8And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large abaskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. 9Now about four thousand were there, and He sent them away. 10And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of aDalmanutha.
11aAnd the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, bseeking from Him 1a sign from heaven, testing Him. 12aAnd sighing deeply 1in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek 2a sign? Truly I say to you, 3,bno 4sign will be given to this generation.” 13And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.
14And they 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, “aWatch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of bHerod.” 16And they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? aDo you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have a hardened heart? 18“aHaving eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, 19when I broke athe five loaves for the five thousand, how many bbaskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.” 20“When I broke athe seven for the four thousand, how many large bbaskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.” 21And He was saying to them, “aDo you not yet understand?”
22And they *came to aBethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *pleaded with Him to btouch him. 23And taking the blind man by the hand, He abrought him out of the village; and after bspitting on his eyes and claying His hands on him, He was asking him, “Do you see anything?” 24And he 1looked up and was saying, “I see men, for 2I 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 athe village.”
Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Christ
27aAnd Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of bCaesarea Philippi; and on the way He was asking His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” 28aAnd they told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” 29And He continued asking them, “But who do you say that I am?” aPeter *answered and *said to Him, “You are the 1Christ.” 30And aHe 1warned them to tell no one about Him.
31aAnd He began to teach them that bthe 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 was stating the matter aopenly. 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, aSatan! For you are not setting your mind on 1God’s interests, but man’s.”
Take Up Your Cross
34And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to 1come after Me, he must deny himself, and atake up his cross and follow Me. 35“For awhoever wishes to save his 1life will lose it, but whoever loses his 2life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? 37“For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38“For awhoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, bthe Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He ccomes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”