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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 ESV</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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/mark/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="woc">“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="woc">And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he asked them, <span class="woc">“How many loaves do you have?”</span> They said, “Seven.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts Magadan, or Magdala">a</a></sup></span></p> <p class="heading">The Pharisees Demand a Sign</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, <span class="woc">“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="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.</p> <p class="heading">The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he cautioned them, saying, <span class="woc">“Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts the Herodians">b</a></sup></span></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, <span class="woc">“Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woc">Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="woc">When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?”</span> They said to him, “Twelve.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="woc">“And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?”</span> And they said to him, “Seven.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said to them, <span class="woc">“Do you not yet understand?”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, <span class="woc">“Do you see anything?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek he">c</a></sup></span> laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he sent him to his home, saying, <span class="woc">“Do not even enter the village.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, <span class="woc">“Who do people say that I am?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And he asked them, <span class="woc">“But who do you say that I am?”</span> Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, <span class="woc">“Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, <span class="woc">“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="woc">For whoever would save his life<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and once in verse 36 and once in verse 37">d</a></sup></span> will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="woc">For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="woc">For what can a man give in return for his soul?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="woc">For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Some manuscripts <i>Magadan</i>, or <i>Magdala</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Some manuscripts <i>the Herodians</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Greek <i>he</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">35</span> The same Greek word can mean either <i>soul</i> or <i class="catch-word">life</i>, depending on the context; twice in this verse and once in verse 36 and once in verse 37<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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