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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 NIV</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="../">NIV</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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/mark/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">“I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me 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="red">If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because 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, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">“How many loaves do you have?”</span> Jesus asked.</p><p class="reg">“Seven,” they replied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He sighed deeply and said, <span class="red">“Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then he left them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">“Be careful,”</span> Jesus warned them. <span class="red">“Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: <span class="red">“Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see 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="red">Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”</span></p><p class="reg">“Twelve,” they replied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”</span></p><p class="reg">They answered, “Seven.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He said to them, <span class="red">“Do you still not understand?”</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, <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>He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, 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>Jesus sent him home, saying, <span class="red">“Don’t even go into <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts go and tell anyone in">a</a></sup></span> the village.”</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, <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 replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say 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><span class="red">“But what about you?”</span> he asked. <span class="red">“Who do you say I am?”</span></p><p class="reg">Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Predicts His Death</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must 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>He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. <span class="red">“Get behind me, Satan!”</span> he said. <span class="red">“You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">The Way of the Cross</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: <span class="red">“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">For whoever wants to save their life <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verses 36 and 37.">b</a></sup></span> will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="red">Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="red">If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some manuscripts <i>go and tell anyone in</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">35</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek word means either <i>life</i> or <i>soul</i>; also in verses 36 and 37.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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