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Some of them have come a long distance.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His disciples answered him, “Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He asked them, <span class="red">“How many loaves of bread do you have?”</span></p> <p class="reg">“Seven,” they said.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:7 Lit. these">b</a></span> should also be distributed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:8 Lit. They">c</a></span> ate and were filled. Then the disciples<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:8 Lit. they">d</a></span> picked up the leftover pieces—seven large baskets full. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:10 Other mss. read Mageda; still other mss. read Magdala">e</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Interpreting the Time</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/16.htm">Matthew 16:1-4</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/12.htm">Luke 12:54-56</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The Pharisees arrived and began arguing with Jesus.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:11 Lit. him">f</a></span> They tested him by demanding from him a sign from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He sighed deeply in his spirit and remarked, <span class="red">“Why do those living today<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:12 Lit. Why does this generation">g</a></span> demand a sign? I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:12 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">h</a></span> with certainty, 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>Leaving them, he got into a boat again and crossed to the other side.</p> <p class="heading">The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/16.htm">Matthew 16:5-12</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now the disciples<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:14 Lit. they">i</a></span> had forgotten to take any bread along, but they had one loaf with them in the boat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:15 Lit. He">j</a></span> had been warning them, <span class="red">“Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:15 Other mss. read of the Herodians">k</a></span> </span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So they were discussing with one another the fact that they didn’t have any bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Knowing this, Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:17 Lit. he">l</a></span> asked them, <span class="red">“Why are you discussing the fact that you don’t have any bread? Don’t you understand or perceive yet? Are your hearts hardened? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Do you have eyes, but fail to see? Do you have ears, but fail to hear?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:18 Cf. Jer 5:21">m</a></span> Don’t you remember? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces?”</span></p> <p class="reg">They told him, “Twelve.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“<span class="red">When I broke<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:20 The Gk. lacks I broke">n</a></span> the seven loaves<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:20 The Gk. lacks loaves">o</a></span> for the 4,000, how many large baskets did you fill with the leftover pieces?”</span></p> <p class="reg">They told him, “Seven.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then he asked them, <span class="red">“Don’t you understand yet?”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Heals a Blind Man in Bethsaida</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>As they came to Bethsaida, some people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:22 Lit. they">p</a></span> brought a blind man to Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:22 Lit. him">q</a></span> and begged him to touch him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:22 The Gk. lacks him">r</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:23 Lit. Then he">s</a></span> took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. He spit into his eyes, placed his hands on him, and asked him, <span class="red">“Do you see anything?”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:24 Lit. He">t</a></span> looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees walking around.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:25 Lit. he">u</a></span> placed his hands on the man’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:25 Lit. his">v</a></span> eyes again, and he saw clearly. His sight was restored, and he saw everything perfectly, even from a distance.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:26 Lit. he">w</a></span> sent him home, saying, <span class="red">“Don’t go into the village or tell anyone in the village.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:26 Other mss. lack or tell anyone in the village">x</a></span> </span></p> <p class="heading">Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/16.htm">Matthew 16:13-20</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/9.htm">Luke 9:18-21</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he was asking his disciples, <span class="red">“Who do people say I am?”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They answered him, “Some say<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:28 The Gk. lacks Some say">y</a></span> John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then he began to ask them, <span class="red">“But who do you say I am?”</span></p> <p class="reg">Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:29 Or Christ">z</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:30 Lit. He">aa</a></span> sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/16.htm">Matthew 16:21-28</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/9.htm">Luke 9:21-27</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man would have to suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but after three days he would rise again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He was speaking about this matter quite openly.</p> <p class="reg">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 looking at his disciples, Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:33 Lit. he">bb</a></span> rebuked Peter, saying, <span class="red">“Get behind me, Satan, because you’re not thinking God’s thoughts, but human thoughts!”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:34 Lit. he">cc</a></span> called the crowd to himself along with his disciples and told them, <span class="red">“If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Indeed, what can a person give in exchange for his life? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes with the holy angels in his Father’s glory.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 8:1 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 8:7 Lit. <i>these</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 8:8 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 8:8 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 8:10 Other mss. read <i>Mageda</i>; still other mss. read <i>Magdala</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 8:11 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 8:12 Lit. <i>Why does this generation</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 8:12 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 8:14 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 8:15 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 8:15 Other mss. read <i>of the Herodians</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 8:17 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 8:18 Cf. Jer 5:21<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 8:20 The Gk. lacks <i>I broke</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 8:20 The Gk. lacks <i>loaves</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 8:22 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 8:22 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 8:22 The Gk. lacks <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 8:23 Lit. <i>Then he</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 8:24 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 8:25 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 8:25 Lit. <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 8:26 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 8:26 Other mss. lack <i>or tell anyone in the village</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 8:28 The Gk. lacks <i>Some say</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 8:29 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 8:30 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 8:33 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 8:34 Lit. <i>he</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/mark/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>