Mark 8
1 In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,
About that time, when there was again a great crowd of people who had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said,
2 I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;
‘My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat;
3 If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.
and if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will break down on the way; and some of them have come a long distance.’
4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?
‘Where will it be possible,’ his disciples answered, ‘to get sufficient bread for these people in this lonely place?’
5 And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.
‘How many loaves have you?’ he asked. ‘Seven,’ they answered.
6 And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.
Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out; and they served them out to the crowd.
7 And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.
They had also a few small fish; and, after he had said the blessing, he told the disciples to serve out these as well.
8 And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.
The people had sufficient to eat, and they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left.
9 And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.
There were about four thousand people. Then Jesus dismissed them.
10 And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.
Immediately afterwards, getting into the boat with his disciples, Jesus went to the district of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
Here the Pharisees came out, and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for some sign from the heavens, to test him.
12 And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.
Sighing deeply, Jesus said, ‘Why does this generation ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given it.’
13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.
So he left them to themselves, and, getting into the boat again, went away to the opposite shore.
14 And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.
Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread with them, one loaf being all that they had in the boat.
15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
So Jesus gave them this warning. ‘Take care,’ he said, ‘beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.’
16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.
They began talking to one another about their being short of bread;
17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?
and, noticing this, Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you talking about your being short of bread? Don’t you yet see or understand? Are your minds still so slow or comprehension?
18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
Though you have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear? Don’t you remember,
19 When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
when I broke up the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets of broken pieces you picked up?’ ‘Twelve,’ they said.
20 And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.
‘And when the seven for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you pick up?’ ‘Seven,’ they said.
21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?
‘Don’t you understand now?’ he repeated.
22 And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.
They came to Bethsaida. There some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and begged him to touch him.
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?
Taking the blind man’s hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man’s eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him, ‘Do you see anything?’
24 And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.
The man looked up, and said, ‘I see the people, for, as they walk about, they look to me like trees.’
25 Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.
Then Jesus again placed his hands on the man’s eyes; and the man saw clearly, his sight was restored, and he saw everything with perfect distinctness.
26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.
Jesus sent him to his home, and said, ‘Do not go even into the village.’
27 And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?
Afterwards Jesus and his disciples went into the villages round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples this question – ‘Who do people say that I am?’
28 And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.
‘John the Baptist,’ they answered, ‘but others say Elijah, while others say one of the prophets.’
29 And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.
‘But you,’ he asked, ‘who do you say that I am?’ To this Peter replied, ‘You are the Christ.’
30 And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.
At which Jesus charged them not to say this about him to anyone.
31 And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.
Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo much suffering, and that he must be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law, and be put to death, and rise again after three days.
32 And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.
He said all this quite openly. But Peter took Jesus aside, and began to rebuke him.
33 But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
Jesus, however, turning round and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter. ‘Out of my sight, Satan!’ he exclaimed. ‘For you look at things, not as God does, but as people do.’
34 And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
Calling the people and his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘If anyone wishes to walk in my steps, they must renounce self, take up their cross, and follow me.
35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.
For whoever wishes to save their life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, will lose their life will save it.
36 What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?
What good is it to a person to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?
37 And what would a man give in exchange for his life?
For what could a person give that is of equal value with their life?
38 Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Whoever is ashamed of me and of my teaching, in this unfaithful and wicked generation, of them will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.’
