Mark 8

1 In those days the crowd became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called His disciples to Him and said,

2 “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

4 His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

6 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

7 They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.

8 The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

9 And about four thousand men who had eaten were present. And when Jesus had dismissed the crowd,

10 He immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

11 Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.

12 Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek after a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

13 And He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.

14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

15 “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

16 So they began to discuss this with one another, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”

17 Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you still have such hard hearts?

18 ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?

19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.

20 “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.

21 Then He asked them, “How do you still not understand?”

22 When He arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him, asking if he could see anything.

24 The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

25 Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes and made him look up, and his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

26 Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back or tell anyone in the village.”

27 Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”

28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

29 “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

30 And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

31 Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.

32 He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

33 But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

34 Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to follow after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.

36 What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his soul?

37 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

38 If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

1 ¶ In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and saith unto them,

2 ‹I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:›

3 ‹And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.›

4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these [men] with bread here in the wilderness?

5 And he asked them, ‹How many loaves have ye?› And they said, Seven.

6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before [them]; and they did set [them] before the people.

7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before [them].

8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven baskets.

9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

10 ¶ And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, ‹Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.›

13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

14 Now [the disciples] had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

15 And he charged them, saying, ‹Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and› [of] ‹the leaven of Herod.›

16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have no bread.

17 And when Jesus knew [it], he saith unto them, ‹Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?›

18 ‹Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?›

19 ‹When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?› They say unto him, Twelve.

20 ‹And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?› And they said, Seven.

21 And he said unto them, ‹How is it that ye do not understand?›

22 ¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

25 After that he put [his] hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, ‹Neither go into the town, nor tell› [it] ‹to any in the town.›

27 ¶ And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, ‹Whom do men say that I am?›

28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some [say], Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

29 And he saith unto them, ‹But whom say ye that I am?› And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, ‹Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.›

34 And when he had called the people [unto him] with his disciples also, he said unto them, ‹Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.›

35 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.›

36 ‹For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?›

37 ‹Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?›

38 ‹Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.›

1 At that time, when there was a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said unto them:

2 I am grieved for the people: for they have tarried with me three days, and have nothing to eat;

3 And if I sent them home uneaten, they would faint in the way. For some had come from afar.

4 His disciples answered him, Whence take we bread here in the wilderness, that we may satisfy them?

5 And he asked them: How many have ye loaves? And they said, Seven.

6 And he commanded the people to lie down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and they set them before the people.

7 And they had a few little fishes: and he gave thanks, and commanded the same to be brought forth.

8 And they did eat, and were filled, and took up the rest of the fragments, seven baskets.

9 And there were about four thousand of them that had eaten: and he sent them away].

10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanuthah.

11 And the Pharisees came out, and began to question with him, and tempted him, and desired of him a sign from heaven.

12 And he groaned in his spirit, and said, Why seeketh this generation for signs? Verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

13 And he left them, and entered into the ship again, and passed over.

14 And they had forgotten to take bread with them, and had no more with them in the ship but one loaf.

15 And he commanded them, saying, Watch, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

16 And they considered from time to time, and said one to another, This is it, that we have no bread.

17 And when JEsus heard it, he saith unto them: Why do ye trouble yourselves that ye have not bread? Do ye not yet understand, and are not yet wise? Have ye yet a stiffnecked heart within you?

18 Have ye eyes, and see not; and have ye ears, and hear not, and think not,

19 When I brake five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? They said: Twelve.

20 And when I had broken the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets of bread did ye take up? And they said, Seven.

21 And he said unto them: How then hear ye nothing?

22 And he came to Bethsaida. And they brought unto him a blind man, and besought him that he would touch him.

23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and brought him forth before the stain, and spit upon his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, and asked him if he saw anything.

24 And he looked up, and said: I see men walking as I see trees.

25 And afterward he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him see again: and he was restored, and saw all things clearly.

26 And he sent him home, saying, Go not into the village, neither tell any man within.

27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples into the markets of the city Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them: Who do men say that I am?

28 They answered: They say that thou art John the Baptist; some say that thou art Elijah; some say that thou art one of the prophets.

29 And he said unto them: But ye, who say ye that I am? Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Thou art Christ.

30 And he charged them that they should say nothing of him.

31 And began to teach them: The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and of the scribes, and be killed, and rise again after three days.

32 And he spake the word freely. And Peter took him, and began to resist him.

33 And he turned, and looked upon his disciples, and rebuked Peter, and said, Get thee behind me, thou Satan. For thou meanest not what is divine, but what is human.

34 And he called unto him the people with his disciples, and said unto them: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

36 What would it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul?

37 Or what can man give that he may redeem his soul?

38 But whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Ch. 9, v. 1: And he said unto them: Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.