Mark:8

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* 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 , * "I have compassion on the multitude , because they have stayed with me now three days , and have nothing to eat . * If I send them away fasting to their home , they will faint on the way , for some of them have come a long way ." * His disciples answered him , "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place ?" * He asked them , "How many loaves do you have ?" They said , "Seven ." * 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 . * They had a few small fish . Having blessed them , he said to serve these also . * They ate , and were filled . They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over . * Those who had eaten were about four thousand . Then he sent them away . * Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples , and came into the region of Dalmanutha . * The Pharisees came out and began to question him , seeking from him a sign from heaven , and testing him . * He sighed deeply in his spirit , and said , "Why does this generation {The word translated "generation " here (genea ) could also be translated "people ," "race ," or "family ."} seek a sign ? Most certainly I tell you , no sign will be given to this generation ." * He left them , and again entering into the boat , departed to the other side . * They forgot to take bread ; and they didn 't have more than one loaf in the boat with them . * He warned them , saying , "Take heed : beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod ." * They reasoned with one another , saying , "It 's because we have no bread ." * Jesus , perceiving it , said to them , "Why do you reason that it 's because you have no bread ? Don 't you perceive yet , neither understand ? Is your heart still hardened ? * Having eyes , don 't you see ? Having ears , don 't you hear ? Don 't you remember ? * 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 ." * "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand , how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up ?" They told him , "Seven ." * He asked them , "Don 't you understand , yet ?" * He came to Bethsaida . They brought a blind man to him , and begged him to touch him . * He took hold of the blind man by the hand , and brought him out of the village . When he had spit on his eyes , and laid his hands on him , he asked him if he saw anything . * He looked up , and said , "I see men ; for I see them like trees walking ." * Then again he laid his hands on his eyes . He looked intently , and was restored , and saw everyone clearly . * He sent him away to his house , saying , "Don 't enter into the village , nor tell anyone in the village ." * 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 ?" * They told him , "John the Baptizer , and others say Elijah , but others : one of the prophets ." * He said to them , "But who do you say that I am ?" Peter answered , "You are the Christ ." * He commanded them that they should tell no one about him . * 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 . * He spoke to them openly . Peter took him , and began to rebuke him . * 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 ." * 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 . * 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 what does it profit a man , to gain the whole world , and forfeit his life ? * For what will a man give in exchange for his life ? * 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 the glory of his Father with the holy angels ."

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