The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Mark 08
1 In those days, when there was a very
great multitude, and they had nothing to
eat,Jesus calledhisdisciples tohimself and
said to them,
2 “I have compassion on the multitude,
because they have stayed with me now
three days and have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them away fasting to their
home, they will faint on the way, for some
of them have come a long way.”
4 His disciples answered him, “From
where could one satisfy these people with
bread here in a deserted place?”
5 He asked them, “How many loaves do
you have?” They said, “Seven.”
6 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.
7 They also had a few small fish. Having
blessed them, he said to serve these also.
8 They ate and were filled. They took up
seven baskets of broken pieces that were
left over.
9 Those who had eaten were about four
thousand. Then he sent them away.
10 Immediately he entered into the boat
with his disciples and came into the region
of Dalmanutha.
11 The Pharisees came out and began
to question him, seeking from him a sign
from heaven and testing him.
12 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.”
13 He left them, and again entering into
the boat, departed to the other side.
14 They forgot to take bread; and they
didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat
with them.
15 He warned them, saying, “Take heed:
beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and
the yeast of Herod.”
16 They reasoned with one another, saying,
“It’s because we have no bread.”
17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why
do you reason that it’s because you have
no bread? Don’t you perceive yet or
understand? Is your heart still hardened?
18 Having eyes, don’t you see? Having
ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
19 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.”
20 “When the seven loaves fed the four
thousand, how many baskets full of
broken pieces did you take up?”
They told him, “Seven.”
21 He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a
blind man to him and begged him to touch him.
23 He took hold of the blind man by the
hand, and brought him out of the village.
When he had spat on his eyes, and laid
his hands on him, he asked him if he saw
anything.
24 He looked up, and said, “I see men, but
I see them like walking trees.”
25 Then again he laid his hands on his
eyes. He looked intently, and was restored,
and saw everyone clearly.
26 He sent him away to his house, saying,
“Don’t enter into the village, nor tell
anyone in the village.”
27 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?”
28 They told him, “John the Baptizer, and
others say Elijah, but others, one of the
prophets.”
29 He said to them, “But who do you say
that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
30 He commanded them that they should
tell no one about him.
31 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.
32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took
him and began to rebuke him.
33 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.”
34 He calledthemultitude tohimself 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.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will
lose it; and whoever will lose his life for
my sake and the sake ofthe Good News will
save it.
36 For what does it profit a man to gain
the whole world and forfeit his life?
37 For what will a man give in exchange
for his life?
38 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 his
Father’s glory with the holy angels.”