Mark 8
1 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them,
In those days when a large crowd had again assembled and had nothing to eat, Jesus called together his disciples and said to them.
2 “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;
3 If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”
and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint on the way. Moreover, some of them are from a distance."
4 His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"
5 He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”
He asked them, "How many loaves have you?" "Seven," they said.
6 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd.
7 They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
They had also a few small fish; after blessing these he told his disciples to distribute them also.
8 They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
They ate and were filled and they took up of broken pieces that were left, seven hampers.
9 Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
They that had eaten were about four thousand.
10 Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Then he sent them away, got at once into the boat with his disciples. and came into the district of Dalmanutha.
11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven and testing him.
And the Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, by way of testing him.
12 He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
At this Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit, and said. "Why does the present generation seek a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign shall be given this generation."
13 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.
Then he left them, and getting into the boat again, went away to the other side,
14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.
15 He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”
So he gave them this warning. "Look out! Be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod."
16 They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.”
And they began arguing with one another because they had no bread, He noted this and said to them.
17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet or understand? Is your heart still hardened?
"Why are you arguing together because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive and understand?
18 Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
Are your minds so slow to comprehend? You have eyes, do you not see? You have ears, do you not hear?
19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”
Do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets of broken pieces did you take up?" "Twelve," they said.
20 “When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
"And when the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments did you pick up?"
21 He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
"Do you not yet understand?" he said.
22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.
Then they came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and begged him to touch him.
23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
Taking the blind man by the hand, he led him outside the village; and, after spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, "Can you make out anything?"
24 He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.”
The man looked up and said, "I can make out the people, for as they move about, I see them like trees."
25 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
Then Jesus again put his hands on the man’s eyes; and the man, staring straight ahead, recovered his sight and continued to see everything perfectly.
26 He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
Then Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."
27 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?”
From there Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he began to question his disciples saying, "Who do people say I am?"
28 They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others, one of the prophets.”
And they told him. "Some say Johnthe Baptist, others, Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."
29 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
And he continued questioning them, "But you yourselves, Who do you say I am?" Peter in reply said to him, "You are Christ."
30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
Then he strictly charged them not to say this about him to any one;
31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise again.
32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him and began to rebuke him.
This he told them quite openly. Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him.
33 But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”
But he turned round, and looked upon his disciples, and rebuked Peter. "Get thee behind me, Satan," he said, "for your thoughts are not God’s thoughts, but man’s."
34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said. "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel’s, loses his life will save it.
36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?
37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this unfaithful and wicked generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
