Mark 8

In those days ^athe multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, ^2bI have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: ³and if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. ⁴And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? ⁵And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. ⁶And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. ⁷And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. ⁸So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. ⁹And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

^10cAnd straightway he entered into ^da ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of ^eDalmanutha. ¹¹And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. ¹²And he ^fsighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. ¹³And he left them, and entering into ^dthe ship again departed to the other side.

¹⁴Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. ¹⁵And he ^gcharged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of ^hHerod. ¹⁶And they ⁱreasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. ¹⁷And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why ⁱreason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, ^jneither understand? have ye ^kyour heart yet hardened? ¹⁸Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? ¹⁹When I brake ^lthe five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. ²⁰And when ^mthe seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. ²¹And he said unto them, ^jHow is it that ye do not understand?

²²And he cometh to ⁿBethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him ^oto touch him. ²³And he ^ptook the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had ^qspit on his eyes, and ^oput his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. ²⁴And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. ²⁵After that he ^qqput his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. ²⁶And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go ^rinto the town, ^snor tell it to any in the town.

^27tAnd Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? ²⁸And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. ²⁹And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. ^30uAnd he ^xcharged them ^sthat they should tell no man of him. ³¹And ^yhe began to teach them, that the Son of man ^yymust suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ³²And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. ³³But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. ³⁴And when he had called ^zthe people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ³⁵For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. ³⁶For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? ³⁷Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸Whosoever therefore ^ashall be ashamed of me and of my words in this ^badulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with ^cthe holy angels.

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