Thematic Bible
Mark 8:1 (show verse)
In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them,
Mark 8:2 (show verse)
Mark 8:3 (show verse)
Mark 8:4 (show verse)
His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?”
Mark 8:5 (show verse)
“Seven,” they said.
Mark 8:6 (show verse)
Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, broke the loaves, and kept on giving them to His disciples to set before the people. So they served the loaves to the crowd.
Mark 8:7 (show verse)
They also had a few small fish, and when He had blessed them, He said these were to be served as well.
Mark 8:8 (show verse)
They ate and were filled. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.
Mark 8:9 (show verse)
About 4,000 men were there. He dismissed them
Mark 8:10 (show verse)
and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
Mark 8:11 (show verse)
The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, demanding of Him a sign from heaven to test Him.
Mark 8:12 (show verse)
But sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you: No sign will be given to this generation!”
Mark 8:13 (show verse)
Then He left them, got on board the boat again, and went to the other side.
Mark 8:14 (show verse)
They had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat.
Mark 8:15 (show verse)
Then He commanded them: “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”
Mark 8:16 (show verse)
They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread.
Mark 8:17 (show verse)
Aware of this, He said to them, “Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened?
Mark 8:18 (show verse)
Mark 8:19 (show verse)
“Twelve,” they told Him.
Mark 8:20 (show verse)
“Seven,” they said.
Mark 8:21 (show verse)
And He said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
Mark 8:22 (show verse)
Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him.
Mark 8:23 (show verse)
He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”
Mark 8:24 (show verse)
He looked up and said, “I see people—they look to me like trees walking.”
Mark 8:25 (show verse)
Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly.
Mark 8:26 (show verse)
Then He sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”
Mark 8:27 (show verse)
Jesus went out with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
Mark 8:28 (show verse)
They answered Him, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”
Mark 8:29 (show verse)
Peter
Mark 8:30 (show verse)
And He strictly warned them to tell no one about Him.
Mark 8:31 (show verse)
Then 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, be killed, and rise after three days.
Mark 8:32 (show verse)
He was openly talking about this. So Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
Mark 8:33 (show verse)
But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s!”
Mark 8:34 (show verse)
Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.