Thematic Bible
Mark 8:1 (show verse)
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,
Mark 8:2 (show verse)
"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
Mark 8:3 (show verse)
If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."
Mark 8:4 (show verse)
His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
Mark 8:5 (show verse)
He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."
Mark 8:6 (show verse)
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.
Mark 8:7 (show verse)
They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
Mark 8:8 (show verse)
They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
Mark 8:9 (show verse)
Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
Mark 8:10 (show verse)
Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Mark 8:11 (show verse)
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
Mark 8:12 (show verse)
He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
Mark 8:13 (show verse)
He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.
Mark 8:14 (show verse)
They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
Mark 8:15 (show verse)
He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
Mark 8:16 (show verse)
They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread."
Mark 8:17 (show verse)
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?
Mark 8:18 (show verse)
Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?
Mark 8:19 (show verse)
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."
Mark 8:20 (show verse)
"When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven."
Mark 8:21 (show verse)
He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
Mark 8:22 (show verse)
He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
Mark 8:23 (show verse)
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.
Mark 8:24 (show verse)
He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."
Mark 8:25 (show verse)
Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
Mark 8:26 (show verse)
He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."
Mark 8:27 (show verse)
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?"
Mark 8:28 (show verse)
They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."
Mark 8:29 (show verse)
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
Mark 8:30 (show verse)
He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
Mark 8:31 (show verse)
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.
Mark 8:32 (show verse)
He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
Mark 8:33 (show verse)
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."
Mark 8:34 (show verse)
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.
Mark 8:35 (show verse)
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.
Mark 8:36 (show verse)
For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
Mark 8:37 (show verse)
For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Mark 8:38 (show verse)
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."