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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 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="../">BLB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/mark/8.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Feeding of the Four Thousand<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 15:29-39)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In those days, <i>of the</i> crowd again being great and not having what they might eat, having summoned the disciples, He says to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">“I am moved with compassion upon the crowd, because they continue with Me three days already, and have nothing that they might eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And if I shall send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. For some of them are come from afar.”</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And His disciples answered Him, “From where will anyone be able to satisfy these with bread, here in this desolate place?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And He was asking them, <span class="red">“How many loaves do you have?”</span></p><p class="reg"> And they said, “Seven.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And He directs the crowd to recline on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, He broke <i>them</i> and kept giving <i>them</i> to His disciples, that they might set before <i>them</i>. And they set <i>it</i> before the crowd. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, He ordered these also to be set before <i>them</i>. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets of fragments over and above. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And there were about four thousand. And He sent them away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And immediately having entered into the boat with His disciples, He came into the district of Dalmanutha. </p><p class="hdg">The Demand for a Sign<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 16:1-4; Luke 12:54-56)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the Pharisees went out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And having sighed deeply in His spirit, He says, <span class="red">“Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And having left them, having embarked again, He went away to the other side. </p><p class="hdg">The Leaven to Beware<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 16:5-12)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf, they did not have <i>any</i> with them in the boat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He was instructing them, saying, <span class="red">“Watch out! Take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they were reasoning with one another because they had no loaves. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And having known, He says to them, <span class="red">“Why do you reason because you have no loaves? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Do you have your heart hardened? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of fragments did you take up?”</span></p><p class="reg"> They say to Him, “Twelve.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">“And when the seven <i>were</i> to the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?”</span></p><p class="reg"> And they said, “Seven.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And He was saying to them, <span class="red">“Do you not yet understand?”</span> </p><p class="hdg">The Blind Man at Bethsaida</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind <i>man</i> and implore Him that He might touch him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And having taken hold of the hand of the blind <i>man</i>, He led him forth out of the village, and having spit upon his eyes, having laid the hands upon him, He was asking him if you see anything. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And having looked up, he was saying, “I see the men, for I see <i>them</i> as trees walking.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then He laid the hands upon his eyes again, and he opened his eyes and was restored, and he began to see everything clearly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And He sent him to his home, saying, <span class="red">“You may not enter into the village.”</span><span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="BYZ and TR ‘Do not go and tell anyone in the village’">a</a></span> </p><p class="hdg">Peter's Confession of Christ<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-20; John 6:66-71)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Jesus and His disciples went forth into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, He was questioning His disciples, saying to them, <span class="red">“Whom do men pronounce Me to be?”</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they answered Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And He was questioning them, <span class="red">“But whom do you pronounce Me to be?”</span></p><p class="reg"> Peter answering, says to Him, “You are the Christ.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And He warned them that they should tell no one concerning Him. </p><p class="hdg">Christ's Passion Foretold<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 16:21-23; Luke 9:21-22)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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 <i>again</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And He was speaking openly the word. And Peter having taken Him to him, began to rebuke Him. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And having turned and having looked upon His disciples, He rebuked Peter, and said, <span class="red">“Get behind Me, Satan, for your thoughts are not of the things of God, but the things of men.”</span> </p><p class="hdg">Take up Your Cross<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 10:37-39; Matthew 16:24-28; Luke 9:23-27)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And having summoned the crowd with His disciples, He said to them, <span class="red">“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross, and let him follow Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For whoever might desire to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life on account of Me and of the gospel, he will save it.</span> </p><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and to lose his soul? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>For what shall a man give <i>as</i> an exchange for his soul? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>For whoever may be ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when He shall come in the glory of His Father, with the holy angels.”<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnote">BYZ and TR <i>Do not go and tell anyone in the village</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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