Mark 8:1-20 ▼

1 In those dayes, when there was a very great company, and had nothyng to eate, Iesus called his disciples to him, & saide vnto them:

2 I haue compassio on the people, because they haue nowe ben with me three dayes, and haue nothyng to eate:

3 And yf I sende them away fastyng to their owne houses, they shall faynt by the way: for diuers of them came fro farre.

4 And his disciples aunswered hym: From whence can a man satisfie these men with bread here in the wildernesse?

5 And he asked the: Howe many loaues haue ye? They sayde, seuen.

6 And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grounde: And he toke the seuen loaues, and when he had geuen thankes, he brake, and gaue to his disciples, to set before them: And they dyd set them before the people.

7 And they hadde a fewe small fysshes: And when he had blessed, he commaunded them also to be set before them.

8 So they dyd eate, and were suffised: And they toke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskettes full.

9 And they that had eaten, were about foure thousand: And he sent the away.

10 And anone he entred into a shippe, with his disciples, and came into the parties of Dalmanutha.

11 And the Pharisees came foorth, and began to dispute with hym, sekyng of him a signe from heauen, tempting him.

12 And when he had sighed depely in his spirite, he sayth: Why doth this generatio seke a signe? Ueryly I say vnto you, there shall no signe be geue vnto this generation.

13 And he lefte them, and went into the ship agayne, & departed ouer the water.

14 And they had forgotten to take bread with them neither had they in the ship with them more then one loafe.

15 And he charged the, saying: Take heede, beware of the leuen of the pharisees, and of the leuen of Herode.

16 And they reasoned among them selues, saying: We haue no bread.

17 And Iesus knewe it, and sayth vnto them: Why reason ye, because ye haue no bread? Perceaue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? Haue ye your heart yet hardened?

18 Haue ye eyes, and see not? and haue ye eares & heare not? Do ye not remember?

19 When I brake fyue loaues among fyue thousande men, howe many baskettes full of broken meate toke ye vp? They say vnto hym, twelue.

20 When I brake seuen among foure thousande, howe many baskettes of the leauynges of the broken meate toke ye vp? They sayde, seuen.