Mark 8
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In those days, when a great crowd had gathered, and not having anything to eat, Jesus,
having summoned His disciples and said to them,
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I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been remaining with Me three days
and have nothing to eat.
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And if I dismiss them hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for
some of them have come from a [great ]distance."
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Then His disciples answered Him, "From where will anyone be able to satisfy these
[people] with bread here in this deserted place?"
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He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"And they said, "Seven."
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So He commanded the crowd to recline on the ground. And He took the seven loaves,
and having given thanks, He broke [them ]and was giving [them] to His disciples, so
that they might set [them] before [the people]; and they set them before the crowd.
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And they had a few small fish; and having blessed [them], He said to set them before
[the people].
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So they ate and were filled, and they took up an abundance of fragments, seven hampers
[full].
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Now those having eaten were about four thousand. And He dismissed them.
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And immediately stepping into the boat with His disciples, He came to the region of
Dalmanutha.
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Then the Pharisees came out and began to question Him, seeking from Him a sign from
heaven, testing Him.
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And sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, "Why does this generation seek a sign?
Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation."
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And having dismissed them, and stepping into the boat again, He went away to the other
side.
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And they forgot to take bread, and except [for] one loaf, they did not have [any]
with themselves in the boat.
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Then He charged them, saying, "Look out, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
the leaven of Herod."
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And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "because we have no bread."
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But Jesus, knowing about it, said to them, "Why are you reasoning because you have
no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened?
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Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
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When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
did you take up?"They said to Him, "Twelve."
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"And when [I broke] the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments
did you take up?"And they said, "Seven."
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So He said to them, "How [is it] you do not understand?"
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Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and implored Him to
touch him.
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And having taken the hand of the blind [man], He led him outside the village, and
having spit on his eyes, and having laid His hands on him, He asked him if he saw
anything.
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And when he looked up he said, "I see men like trees, walking."
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Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him to look up. And he was restored
and saw everyone clearly again.
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Then He sent him away to his house, saying, "Neither go into the village, nor tell
anyone in the village."
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Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on
the road He was questioning His disciples, saying to them, "Who do men pronounce Me
to be?"
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So they answered, "John the Baptist; and others [say], Elijah; but others, one of
the prophets."
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He said to them, "But who do you pronounce Me to be?"Peter answered and said to Him,
"You are the Christ."
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Then He warned them that they should tell no one about Him.
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And He began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many
things, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and
to be killed, and after three days to rise.
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He was speaking this word with boldness. And Peter, taking Him aside, began to rebuke
Him.
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But when He had turned and saw His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind
Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
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And having summoned the crowd together with His disciples, He said to them, "Whoever
is willing to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow
Me.
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For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for
My sake and the gospel's, will save it.
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For what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul?
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Or what shall a man give [as] an equivalent for his soul?
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For whosoever is ashamed of Me and My words among this adulterous and sinful generation,
the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him, whenever He comes in the glory of His
Father with the holy angels."