Mark — Chapter 8

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Mark 8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

Mark 8:2 I have ^Rcompassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

Mark 8:3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

Mark 8:4 And his disciples answered him, ^RFrom whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

Mark 8:5 And he asked them, ^RHow many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

Mark 8:6 And he commanded the people ^Rto 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.

Mark 8:7 And they had a few small ^Rfishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

Mark 8:8 So they did eat, ^Rand were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

Mark 8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

Mark 8:10 And ^Rstraightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

Mark 8:11 And the ^RPharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Mark 8:12 And ^Rhe sighed 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.

Mark 8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

Mark 8:14 Now the disciples ^Rhad forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

Mark 8:15 And ^Rhe charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

Mark 8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

Mark 8:17 And when Jesus ^Rknew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

Mark 8:18 Having eyes, ^Rsee ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

Mark 8:19 When I brake ^Rthe five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

Mark 8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

Mark 8:21 And he said unto them, ^RHow is it that ye do not understand?

Mark 8:22 And he cometh to ^RBethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

Mark 8:23 And he took the blind man ^Rby the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

Mark 8:24 And he looked up, and said, ^RI see men as trees, walking.

Mark 8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, ^Rand saw every man clearly.

Mark 8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, ^RNeither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

Mark 8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into ^Rthe towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

Mark 8:28 And they answered, ^RJohn the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

Mark 8:29 And he saith unto them, ^RBut whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

Mark 8:30 ^RAnd he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

Mark 8:31 And ^Rhe began to teach them, that the Son of man must 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.

Mark 8:32 And he spake that saying ^Ropenly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

Mark 8:33 But when he had ^Rturned 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.

Mark 8:34 And when he had ^Rcalled the 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.

Mark 8:35 For whosoever ^Rwill save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

Mark 8:36 For ^Rwhat shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Mark 8:37 ^ROr what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Mark 8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this ^Radulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Mark 8:1–21 — Provision and a warning expose the disciples’ misunderstanding

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Jesus feeds four thousand, refuses a hostile demand for a sign, and warns about the leaven of Pharisees and Herod. The disciples focus on bread, and he recalls the feedings to challenge their lack of understanding.

Key Truth: Remember received provision while listening carefully to correction.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Mark 8:22–30 — Restored sight leads into the question of Jesus’ identity

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Jesus heals a blind man at Bethsaida in stages and sends him home. On the way to Caesarea Philippi he asks about his identity, and Peter confesses him as the Christ.

Key Truth: Let recognition of Jesus move beyond popular opinions.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Mark 8:31–38 — The Christ’s suffering defines the path of following

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Jesus foretells suffering, rejection, death, and resurrection, then rebukes Peter’s objection. He calls disciples to deny themselves, take the cross, and value the soul above the world.

Key Truth: Follow Jesus rather than fitting him to an ambition for success.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Isaiah 53:3 — The suffering servant passage helps readers consider rejection in the Messiah’s mission.

Isaiah 53:3 (KJV) He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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