Mark:8

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* In those days , as before , there was a great multitude , and they had nothing to eat ; Jesus called his disciples [unto him ] and said unto them , * I have mercy on the multitude because they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat ; * And if I send them away fasting to their own houses , they will faint by the way , for some of them came from afar . * And his disciples answered him , From where can anyone satisfy these [men ] with bread here in the wilderness ? * And he asked them , How many loaves have ye ? And they said , Seven . * And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground ; and taking the seven loaves and having given thanks , he broke [them ] and gave to his disciples to set before [them ]; and they set [them ] before the multitude . * And they also had a few small fishes ; and he blessed them and commanded to set them also before [them ]. * So they ate and were filled ; and they took up of the broken [food ] that was left seven baskets . * And those that had eaten were about four thousand ; and he dispatched them . * And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha . * And the Pharisees came forth and began to argue with him , demanding of him a sign from heaven , tempting him . * And crying out in his spirit , he said , Why does this generation seek after a sign ? verily I say unto you , There shall no sign be given unto this generation . * And he left them and , entering into the ship again , departed to the other side . * Now [the disciples ] had forgotten to take bread , neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf . * And he commanded them , saying , Take heed , beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and [of ] the leaven of Herod . * And they argued among themselves , saying , [It is ] because we have no bread . * And as Jesus understood it , he said unto them , Why argue ye because ye have no bread ? Do ye not consider nor understand ? is your heart yet blind ? * Having eyes , see ye not ? and having ears , hear ye not ? and do ye not remember ? * When I broke the five loaves among five thousand , how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? They said unto him , Twelve . * And when the seven loaves among four thousand , how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? And they said , Seven . * And he said unto them , How is it that ye do not yet understand ? * And he came to Bethsaida , and they bring a blind man unto him and beseech him to touch him . * So , taking the blind man by the hand , he led him out of the town ; and spitting into his eyes and putting his hands upon [them ], he asked him if he saw anything . * And looking , he said , I see men ; I see that they walk as trees . * After that , he put [his ] hands again upon his eyes and caused him to see ; and he was whole and saw everyone , far away and clearly . * And he sent him away to his house , saying , Neither go into the town , nor tell [it ] to any in the town . * And Jesus and his disciples went out into the towns of Caesarea Philippi ; and by the way he asked his disciples , saying unto them , Whom do men say that I am ? * And they answered , John the Baptist ; but some [say ], Elijah ; and others , One of the prophets . * Then he said unto them , But whom say ye that I am ? And Peter answered and said unto him , Thou art the Christ ! * And he commanded them that they should tell no one of [this ] regarding him . * And he began to teach them that it was convenient that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and [of ] the princes of the priests and of the scribes , and be killed and after three days rise again . * And he spoke this word clearly . Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him . * And he , turning about and looking at his disciples , rebuked Peter , saying , Get thyself from me , Satan , for thou knowest not the things that are of God , but the things that [are ] of men . * And calling the multitude [unto him ] with his disciples , he said unto them , Whosoever will come after me , let him deny himself and take up his stake and follow me . * For whosoever will save his life shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel 's , the same shall save it . * For what shall it profit a man , if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? * Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? * Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation , of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels .:

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