wmth - Mark:8-9

wmth@Mark:8:1 @ About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

wmth@Mark:8:2 @ »My heart yearns over the people,« He said; »for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

wmth@Mark:8:3 @ If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance.«

wmth@Mark:8:4 @ »Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?« answered His disciples.

wmth@Mark:8:5 @ »How many loaves have you?« He asked. »Seven,« they said.

wmth@Mark:8:6 @ So He passed the word to the people to sit down on the ground. Then taking the seven loaves He blessed them, and broke them into portions and proceeded to give them to His disciples for them to distribute, and they distributed them to the people.

wmth@Mark:8:7 @ They had also a few small fish. He blessed them, and He told His disciples to distribute these also.

wmth@Mark:8:8 @ So the people ate an abundant meal; and what remained over they picked up and carried away–seven hampers of broken pieces.

wmth@Mark:8:9 @ The number fed were about 4,000. Then He sent them away,

wmth@Mark:8:10 @ and at once going on board with His disciples He came into the district of Dalmanutha.

wmth@Mark:8:11 @ The Pharisees followed Him and began to dispute with Him, asking Him for a sign in the sky, to make trial of Him.

wmth@Mark:8:12 @ Heaving a deep and troubled sigh, He said, »Why do the men of to-day ask for a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign will be given to the men of to-day.«

wmth@Mark:8:13 @ So He left them, went on board again, and came away to the other side.

wmth@Mark:8:14 @ Now they had forgotten to take bread, nor had they more than a single loaf with them in the boat;

wmth@Mark:8:15 @ and when He admonished them, »See to it, be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod,«

wmth@Mark:8:16 @ they explained His words to one another by saying, »We have no bread!«

wmth@Mark:8:17 @ He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, »What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension?

wmth@Mark:8:18 @ -You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear?- and have you no memory?

wmth@Mark:8:19 @ When I broke up the five loaves for the 5,000 men, how many baskets did you carry away full of broken portions? »Twelve,« they said.

wmth@Mark:8:20 @ »And when the seven for the 4,000, how many hampers full of portions did you take away?« »Seven,« they answered.

wmth@Mark:8:21 @ »Do you not yet understand?« He said.

wmth@Mark:8:22 @ And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

wmth@Mark:8:23 @ So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, »Can you see anything?«

wmth@Mark:8:24 @ He looked up and said, »I can see the people: I see them like trees–only walking.«

wmth@Mark:8:25 @ Then for the second time He put His hands on the man's eyes, and the man, looking steadily, recovered his sight and saw everything distinctly.

wmth@Mark:8:26 @ So He sent him home, and added, »Do not even go into the village.«

wmth@Mark:8:27 @ From that place Jesus and His disciples went to the villages belonging to Caesarea Philippi. On the way He began to ask His disciples, »Who do people say that I am?«

wmth@Mark:8:28 @ »John the Baptist,« they replied, »but others say Elijah, and others, that it is one of the Prophets.«

wmth@Mark:8:29 @ Then He asked them pointedly, »But you yourselves, who do you say that I am?«»You are the Christ,« answered Peter.

wmth@Mark:8:30 @ And He strictly forbad them to tell this about Him to any one.

wmth@Mark:8:31 @ And now for the first time He told them, »The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life.«

wmth@Mark:8:32 @ This He told them plainly; whereupon Peter took Him and began to remonstrate with Him.

wmth@Mark:8:33 @ But turning round and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter. »Get behind me, Adversary,« He said, »for your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's.«

wmth@Mark:8:34 @ Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, »If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

wmth@Mark:8:35 @ For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

wmth@Mark:8:36 @ Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

wmth@Mark:8:37 @ For what could a man give to buy back his life?

wmth@Mark:8:38 @ Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels.«

wmth@Mark:9:1 @ He went on to say, »In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in power.«

wmth@Mark:9:2 @ Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.

wmth@Mark:9:3 @ His garments also became dazzling with brilliant whiteness–such whiteness as no bleaching on earth could give.

wmth@Mark:9:4 @ Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two were conversing with Jesus,

wmth@Mark:9:5 @ when Peter said to Jesus, »Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents–one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.«

wmth@Mark:9:6 @ For he knew not what to say: they were filled with such awe.

wmth@Mark:9:7 @ Then there came a cloud spreading over them, and a voice issued from the cloud, »This is my Son, dearly loved: listen to Him.«

wmth@Mark:9:8 @ Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and Jesus.

wmth@Mark:9:9 @ As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen »until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead.«

wmth@Mark:9:10 @ So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.

wmth@Mark:9:11 @ They also asked Him, »How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?«

wmth@Mark:9:12 @ »Elijah,« He replied, »does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?

wmth@Mark:9:13 @ Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him.«

wmth@Mark:9:14 @ As they came to rejoin the disciples, they saw an immense crowd surrounding them and a party of Scribes disputing with them.

wmth@Mark:9:15 @ Immediately the whole multitude on beholding Him were astonished and awe-struck, and yet they ran forward and greeted Him.

wmth@Mark:9:16 @ »What is the subject you are discussing?« He asked them.

wmth@Mark:9:17 @ »Rabbi,« answered one of the crowd, »I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him;

wmth@Mark:9:18 @ and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power.«

wmth@Mark:9:19 @ »O unbelieving generation!« replied Jesus; »how long must I be with you? how long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me.«

wmth@Mark:9:20 @ So they brought him to Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus, immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

wmth@Mark:9:21 @ Then Jesus asked the father, »How long has he been like this?«»From early childhood,« he said;

wmth@Mark:9:22 @ »and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us.«

wmth@Mark:9:23 @ »`If I possibly can!'« replied Jesus; »why, everything is possible to him who believes.«

wmth@Mark:9:24 @ Immediately the father cried out, »I do believe: strengthen my weak faith.«

wmth@Mark:9:25 @ Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, »Dumb and deaf spirit, command you, come out of him and never enter into him again.«

wmth@Mark:9:26 @ So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;

wmth@Mark:9:27 @ but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood on his feet.

wmth@Mark:9:28 @ After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, »How is it that we could not expel the spirit?«

wmth@Mark:9:29 @ »An evil spirit of this kind,« He answered, »can only be driven out by prayer.«

wmth@Mark:9:30 @ Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;

wmth@Mark:9:31 @ for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them, »The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and after being put to death, in three days He will rise to life again.«

wmth@Mark:9:32 @ They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question Him.

wmth@Mark:9:33 @ So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, »What were you arguing about on the way?«

wmth@Mark:9:34 @ But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them.

wmth@Mark:9:35 @ Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, »If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.«

wmth@Mark:9:36 @ And taking a young child He made him stand in their midst, then threw His arms round him and said,

wmth@Mark:9:37 @ »Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me.«

wmth@Mark:9:38 @ »Rabbi,« said John to Him, »we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not follow us.«

wmth@Mark:9:39 @ »You should not have tried to hinder him,« replied Jesus, »for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me.

wmth@Mark:9:40 @ He who is not against us is for us;

wmth@Mark:9:41 @ and whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, I solemnly tell you that he will certainly not lose his reward.

wmth@Mark:9:42 @ »And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.«

wmth@Mark:9:43 @ If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed, than remain in possession of both your hands and go away into Gehenna, into the fire which cannot be put out.

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wmth@Mark:9:45 @ Or if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life crippled, than remain in possession of both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna.

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wmth@Mark:9:47 @ Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

wmth@Mark:9:48 @ where

wmth@Mark:9:49 @ Every one, however, will be salted with fire.

wmth@Mark:9:50 @ Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another.«

wmth@Mark:10:1 @ Soon on His feet once more, He enters the district of Judaea and crosses the Jordan: again the people flock to Him, and ere long, as was usual with Him, He was teaching them once more.