Mark Chapter 8
8:1 At that time again, the large crowd didn’t have anything to eat. Jesus calledp the disciples over, 2 “I feel for the crowd. They’ve stayed with me three days already and don’t have any food. 3 If I send them home hungry, they’ll collapse on the way. Some of them have come a long way.”
4 His disciples answered, “Where can anyone satisfy them with breadout here in the rural area?”
5 “How many loaves do you have?”
“Seven.”
6 He toldp the crowd to sit down. He took the seven loaves, blessed them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the crowd. 7 They had a few small fish. He blessed them and said to pass them out too. 8 The people ate till they were full, and the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover pieces. 9 About 4,000 people were there, and he dismissed them. 10 Directly he got in the boat with his disciples and went to the vicinity of Dalmanutha.
Mk 8:1-10
Visit to Magadan;
Demand for a Sign from the Sky
11 The Pharisees came and started arguing with him and demanding a sign from the sky—testing him. 12 He groaned under his breath, “Why do people today keep looking for a sign? They’re not going to get one.” 13 He got in the boat again and went back to the other side.
Mk 8:11-13
Fourth Withdrawal East of the Lake;
Warning to the Disciples
14 The disciples had forgotten to take bread along and only had one loaf left in the boat. 15 He gave them strict orders, “Watch out for the ‘yeast’ from the Pharisees and Herod.” 16 They started reasoning with one another that his comment was because they did not have any bread. 17 He knew it and saidp,
“Why are you talking about not having any bread? Don’t you get it yet? Are you dense? 18 Do you have eyes that can’t see, and ears that can’t hear? Don’t you remember 19 how many medium-sized baskets of leftover pieces you picked up when I broke the five loaves for the 5,000?”
“Twelve.”
20 “How many large baskets of leftovers did you pick up when I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000?”
“Seven.”
21 “You still don’t get it?”
22 They wentp to Bethsaida, and people broughtp Jesus a blind man and askedp him to touch him. 23 He led him by the hand out of the village. He spit in his eyes and put his hands on him, “Do you see anything?”
24 He looked up and said, “I can see people—like trees—walking.”
25 Jesus put his hands over the man’s eyes again; the man looked intently, and his sight came back clear.
26 Jesus sent him home, “Don’t go back into the village.”
Mk 8:14-26
Peter’s Great Confession
27 Jesus and his disciples went out to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who are people saying I am?”
28 “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; others, that you’re one of the prophets.”
29 “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You’re the Messiah.”
30 Jesus told them not to tell anybody.
Mk 8:27-30
The First Prediction of Messiah’s Death
31 He started explaining to them that the Son of Man had a lot to suffer; be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes; be put to death, and resurrect after three days. 32 He was talking about the matter openly, and Peter pulled him aside and began to scold him. 33 He turned around and saw his disciples and scolded Peter, “Get behind me, Satan. Your mind’s not on God’s interests, but human interests.”
34 He called the crowd with his disciples,
“If people want to follow me, they have to set aside their own interests, pick up their cross, and follow me. 35 Whoever wants to save their life will lose it; whoever loses their life on account of me and the good news will save it. 36 What good does it do anyone to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37 What would they give in exchange for their life? 38 Whoever’s ashamed of me and my message in this adulterous, sinful time, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his Father’s glory with his holy angels. 1 Some of you standing here will certainly live to see God’s kingdom come with power.”
Mk 8:31-9:1