New Testament · Gospels and Acts

Mark chapter 8

Around that time, another huge crowd had gathered and they had nothing to eat. So Jesus called his over and told them,“ this crowd. They’ve been with me for three days now and have nothing left to eat.If I send them home hungry, they’ll collapse on the way—some of them have come a long distance.”His followers asked, “Where could anyone find enough bread to feed them out here in the ?”“How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Seven,” they said.He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, , broke them apart, and handed them to his followers to pass out. And they distributed them to the crowd.They also had a few . He thanked God for those too and told the followers to pass them out as well.Everyone ate and was . And they picked up seven full of leftover pieces.About four thousand people were there. Then he sent them on their way.Right away he got into the boat with his followers and headed to the area around .Some came out and started arguing with him. They were testing him by demanding some kind of .He and said, “Why does this keep demanding signs? I’m telling you the truth—no sign will be given to this generation.”Then he left them, got back in the boat, and crossed to the other side.The followers had forgotten to bring bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat.Jesus warned them, “Keep your eyes open—watch out for the of the Pharisees and the yeast of .”They started discussing this with each other: “He said that because we don’t have any bread.”Jesus knew what they were talking about and said, “Why are you going on about not having bread? Do you still not get it? Do you still not understand? Are your ? Don’t you remember?When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many of leftovers did you pick up?” “Twelve,” they said.“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many large baskets of leftovers did you pick up?” “Seven,” they said.He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”They arrived at . Some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to the man.Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. He , placed his hands on him, and asked, “Can you see anything?”The man looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like .”Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. This time the man , his sight was fully restored, and he could see everything clearly.Jesus sent him home and said, “Don’t even go into the village.”Jesus and his followers headed out to the villages around . On the way, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”They replied, “Some say . Others say . And others say one of the .”“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are .”Jesus them not to tell anyone about him.Then he began to teach them that the had to go through terrible suffering, be rejected by the , the , and the , be killed, and after three days .He said all this . Peter pulled him aside and started .But Jesus turned around, looked at his followers, and told Peter off sharply: “Get behind me, ! You’re not thinking the way God thinks—you’re thinking the way people think.”Then he called the crowd over along with his followers and said, “If anyone wants to come after me, they need to , pick up their , and follow me.Because whoever wants to save their will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the will save it.What good does it do for someone to gain the whole but forfeit their own ?What could anyone possibly give in exchange for their own self?If anyone is of me and my words in this and , the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s with .