Mark 8:1-35 ▼

1 In those days, the crowd again being great and not having what they might eat, having summoned the disciples, He says to them,

2 “I have compassion toward the crowd, because already three days they continue with Me and have nothing that they might eat.

3 And if I shall dismiss them hungry to their house, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from afar.”

4 And His disciples answered Him, “From where will anyone be able to satisfy these with loaves here in a wilderness?”

5 And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you? have?” And they said, “Seven.”

6 And He commands the crowd to recline on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, He broke them and was giving them to His disciples to set before them. And they set them before the crowd.

7 And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, He said to set before them these also.

8 And they ate and were satisfied, and they took up an abundance of fragments—seven baskets.

9 And there were about four thousand. And He dismissed them.

10 And immediately, having entered into the boat with His disciples, He went to the parts of Dalmanutha.

11 And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him.

12 And having sighed deeply in His spirit, He says, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you?, no sign will be given to this generation.”

13 And having left them, having embarked again, He went away to the other side.

14 And they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the boat.

15 And He was instructing them, saying, “Watch! Take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

16 And they were reasoning with one another because they had no loaves.

17 And having known, He says to them, “Why do you? reason that you? have no loaves? Do you? not yet perceive, nor do you? understand? Do you? have your? heart hardened?

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 hand-baskets full of fragments did you? take up?” They say to Him, “Twelve.”

20 “When also the seven were for the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you? take up?” And they said, “Seven.”

21 And He was saying to them, “Do you? not yet understand?”

22 And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man and implore Him that He might touch him.

23 And having taken hold of the hand of the blind man, He led him forth outside of the village. And having spit upon his eyes, having laid the hands upon him, He was asking him, “Do you see anything?”

24 And having looked up, he was saying, “I see the men, because I see them as trees walking.”

25 Then He laid the hands upon his eyes again, and he opened his eyes, and he was restored, and he was seeing everything clearly.

26 And He sent him to his house, saying, “Do not enter into the village.”

27 And Jesus and His disciples went out into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, He was questioning His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say I am?”

28 And they spoke to Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”

29 And He was questioning them, “But you?, who do you? say I am?” Answering, Peter says to Him, “You are the Christ.”

30 And He warned them that they should tell no one concerning Him.

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

32 And He was speaking openly the word. And Peter, having taken Him aside, began to rebuke Him.

33 But having turned and having seen His disciples, He rebuked Peter, and He says, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

34 And having summoned the crowd with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

35 For whoever may want to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life on account of Me and of the gospel, he will save it.