Thematic Bible
Mark 8:1 (show verse)
In those days, when there was again a large crowd [gathered before Him] and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and told them,
Mark 8:2 (show verse)
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Mark 8:4 (show verse)
His disciples replied to Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this isolated place to feed these people?”
Mark 8:5 (show verse)
He asked them, “How many loaves [of bread] do you have?” They said, “Seven.”
Mark 8:6 (show verse)
He directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and [repeatedly] gave them to His disciples to set before them, and they served the crowd.
Mark 8:7 (show verse)
They also had a few small fish; and when Jesus had blessed them [and given thanks], He ordered these [fish] to be set before them as well.
Mark 8:8 (show verse)
And the people ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
Mark 8:9 (show verse)
About four thousand [men] were there [besides women and children]; and He sent them away.
Mark 8:10 (show verse)
Then immediately He 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 [contentiously and debate] with Him, demanding from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him [because of their unbelief].
Mark 8:12 (show verse)
He groaned and sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!”
Mark 8:13 (show verse)
Leaving them, He again boarded the boat and left for the other side.
Mark 8:14 (show verse)
Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
Mark 8:15 (show verse)
Jesus repeatedly ordered them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
Mark 8:16 (show verse)
They began discussing this with one another, saying, “It is because we have no bread [that He said this].”
Mark 8:17 (show verse)
Jesus, aware of this [discussion], said to them, “Why are you discussing [the fact] that you have no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
Mark 8:18 (show verse)
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Mark 8:21 (show verse)
And He was saying to them, “Do you still not understand?”
Mark 8:22 (show verse)
Then they came to Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him.
Mark 8:23 (show verse)
Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”
Mark 8:24 (show verse)
And he looked up and said, “I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking around.”
Mark 8:25 (show verse)
Then again Jesus laid His hands on his eyes; and the man stared intently and [his sight] was [completely] restored, and he began to see everything clearly.
Mark 8:26 (show verse)
And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
Mark 8:27 (show verse)
Then Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
Mark 8:28 (show verse)
They answered Him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”
Mark 8:29 (show verse)
And He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to Him, “You [in contrast to the others] are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).”
Mark 8:30 (show verse)
Then Jesus strictly warned them not to tell anyone about Him.
Mark 8:31 (show verse)
And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must [of necessity] suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and must be put to death, and after three days rise [from death to life].
Mark 8:32 (show verse)
He was stating the matter plainly [not holding anything back]. Then Peter took Him aside and began to reprimand Him.
Mark 8:33 (show verse)
But turning around [with His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan; for your mind is not set on God’s will or His values and purposes, but on what pleases man.”
Mark 8:34 (show verse)
Jesus called the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].