Mark 8:1-38 NIV
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
1During
those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus
called His disciples to Him and said, 2“I have compassion for these people; they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to
eat. 3If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because
some of them have come a long distance.”
“Seven,” they replied.
6He told
the crowd to sit down on the ground. When He had taken the seven loaves and given
thanks, He broke them and gave them to His
disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. 7They had a few
small fish as well; He gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute
them. 8The people ate
and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of
broken pieces that were left over.
9About
four thousand were present. After He had sent them away, 10He got
into the boat with His disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.
11The
Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test Him,
they asked Him for a sign from Heaven.12 He
sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign
will be given to it.” 13Then He left
them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.
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.
17Aware
of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or
understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And
don’t you remember?
19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many
basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they replied.
20“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many
basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
They answered, “Seven.”
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22They
came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to
touch him. 23He took the
blind man by the Hand and led him outside the village. When He had spit
on the man’s eyes and put His Hands on Him, Jesus asked, “Do you see
anything?”
25Once
more Jesus put His Hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was
restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26Jesus
sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go intoa the village.”
Peter Declares 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
replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one
of the prophets.”
Peter answered, “You are
the Messiah.”
Jesus Predicts His Death
31He then
began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected
by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, and
that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32He spoke plainly
about this, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
33But when
Jesus turned and looked at His disciples, He
rebuked Peter. “Get behind Me, Satan!” He said.“You do not
have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
The Way of the Cross
34Then He
called the crowd to Him along with His disciples and said: “Whoever
wants to be My disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow Me.
35For whoever wants to save their lifeb will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me and for the Gospel will save it. 36What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37Or what can anyone give in exchange 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.”
35For whoever wants to save their lifeb will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me and for the Gospel will save it. 36What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37Or what can anyone give in exchange 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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