“1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to
eat, Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and saith unto them, 2 I
have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me
three days, and have nothing to eat: 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. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man
satisfy these [men] with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked
them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 6 And he commanded
the people to 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. 7 And they had a few small
fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before [them]. 8
So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat]
that was left seven baskets. 9 And they that had eaten were about four
thousand: and he sent them away.”
“10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and
came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and
began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting
him. 12 And he 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. 13 And he left them, and entering into
the ship again departed to the other side. 14 Now [the disciples] had
forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more
than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of Herod. 16 And they
reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have no bread. 17
And when Jesus knew [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? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye
not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five
thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto
him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets
full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. 21 And he said unto
them, How is it that ye do not understand?”
“22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him,
and besought him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by 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. 24 And he looked up,
and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put [his] hands
again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw
every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither
go into the town, nor tell [it] to any in the town.”
“27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea
Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom
do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some
[say], Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto
them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him,
Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man
of him. 31 And he 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. 32 And he
spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But when he had turned 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. 34 And when he had
called 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. 35 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. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul? 38 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 cometh in the glory of his Father
with the holy angels.” (Mark 8:1-38 AV)
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