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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Mark 8 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/mark/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Mark 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/7.htm" title="Mark 7">◄</a> Mark 8 <a href="../mark/9.htm" title="Mark 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 15:32-39">Matthew 15.32-39</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_1"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.1" class="v41_8_1">1</span>Not long afterward another large crowd came together. When the people had nothing left to eat, Jesus called the disciples to him and said, </span><span class="v41_8_2"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.2" class="v41_8_2">2</span>“I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me for three days and now have nothing to eat. </span><span class="v41_8_3"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.3" class="v41_8_3">3</span>If I send them home without feeding them, they will faint as they go, because some of them have come a long way.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_4"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.4" class="v41_8_4">4</span>His disciples asked him, “Where in this desert can anyone find enough food to feed all these people?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_5"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.5" class="v41_8_5">5</span>“How much bread do you have?” Jesus asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_5">“Seven loaves,” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_6"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.6" class="v41_8_6">6</span>He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, gave thanks to God, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the crowd; and the disciples did so. </span><span class="v41_8_7"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.7" class="v41_8_7">7</span>They also had a few small fish. Jesus gave thanks for these and told the disciples to distribute them too. </span><span class="v41_8_8"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.8-Mark.8.9" class="v41_8_8">8-9</span>Everybody ate and had enough—there were about four thousand people. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over. Jesus sent the people away </span><span class="v41_8_10"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.10" class="v41_8_10">10</span>and at once got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 16:1-4">Matthew 16.1-4</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_11"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.11" class="v41_8_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Some Pharisees came to Jesus and started to argue with him. They wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him. </span><span class="v41_8_12"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.12" class="v41_8_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But Jesus gave a deep groan and said, “Why do the people of this day ask for a miracle? No, I tell you! No such proof will be given to these people!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_13"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.13" class="v41_8_13">13</span>He left them, got back into the boat, and started across to the other side of the lake.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 16:5-12">Matthew 16.5-12</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_14"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.14" class="v41_8_14">14</span>The disciples had forgotten to bring enough bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. </span><span class="v41_8_15"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.15" class="v41_8_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Take care,” Jesus warned them, “and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_16"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.16" class="v41_8_16">16</span>They started discussing among themselves: “He says this because we don't have any bread.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_17"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.17" class="v41_8_17">17</span>Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, “Why are you discussing about not having any bread? Don't you know or understand yet? Are your minds so dull? </span><span class="v41_8_18"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.18" class="v41_8_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You have eyes—can't you see? You have ears—can't you hear? Don't you remember </span><span class="v41_8_19"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.19" class="v41_8_19">19</span>when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand people? How many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_19">“Twelve,” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_20"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.20" class="v41_8_20">20</span>“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand people,” asked Jesus, “how many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_20">“Seven,” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_21"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.21" class="v41_8_21">21</span>“And you still don't understand?” he asked them.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida</h3><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_22"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.22" class="v41_8_22">22</span>They came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him. </span><span class="v41_8_23"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.23" class="v41_8_23">23</span>Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. After spitting on the man's eyes, Jesus placed his hands on him and asked him, “Can you see anything?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_24"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.24" class="v41_8_24">24</span>The man looked up and said, “Yes, I can see people, but they look like trees walking around.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_25"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.25" class="v41_8_25">25</span>Jesus again placed his hands on the man's eyes. This time the man looked intently, his eyesight returned, and he saw everything clearly. </span><span class="v41_8_26"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.26" class="v41_8_26">26</span>Jesus then sent him home with the order, “Don't go back into the village.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Peter's Declaration about Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 16:13-20">Matthew 16.13-20</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 9:18-21">Luke 9.18-21</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_27"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.27" class="v41_8_27">27</span>Then Jesus and his disciples went away to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Tell me, who do people say I am?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_28"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.28" class="v41_8_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Some say that you are John the Baptist,” they answered; “others say that you are Elijah, while others say that you are one of the prophets.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_29"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.29" class="v41_8_29">29</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.29!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_29">Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_30"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.30" class="v41_8_30">30</span>Then Jesus ordered them, “Do not tell anyone about me.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 16:21-28">Matthew 16.21-28</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 9:22-27">Luke 9.22-27</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_31"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.31" class="v41_8_31">31</span>Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. He will be put to death, but three days later he will rise to life.” </span><span class="v41_8_32"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.32" class="v41_8_32">32</span>He made this very clear to them. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. </span><span class="v41_8_33"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.33" class="v41_8_33">33</span>But Jesus turned around, looked at his disciples, and rebuked Peter. “Get away from me, Satan,” he said. “Your thoughts don't come from God but from human nature!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_8_34"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.34" class="v41_8_34">34</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.34!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. “If any of you want to come with me,” he told them, “you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me. </span><span class="v41_8_35"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.35" class="v41_8_35">35</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.8.35!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it. </span><span class="v41_8_36"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.36" class="v41_8_36">36</span>Do you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! </span><span class="v41_8_37"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.37" class="v41_8_37">37</span>There is nothing you can give to regain your life. </span><span class="v41_8_38"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.8.38" class="v41_8_38">38</span>If you are ashamed of me and of my teaching in this godless and wicked day, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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