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Mark 8
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In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat,
Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, |
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I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me
three days, and have nothing to eat: |
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And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for
divers of them came from far. |
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And his disciples
answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the
wilderness? |
"From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the
wilderness?"
The disciples ought to know by now where they
can get enough food to feed a few thousand. After all, Jesus had just done the same trick in
Mark 6:34-44. This "doublet" was probably
the result of two oral traditions of the same event.
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And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
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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.
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And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them
also before them. |
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So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that
was left seven baskets. |
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And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. |
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And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into
the parts of Dalmanutha. |
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And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of
him a sign from heaven, tempting him. |
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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.
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"There shall no sign be given unto this generation."
Did Jesus perform any signs and wonders?
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And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other
side. |
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Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the
ship with them more than one loaf. |
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And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. |
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And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no
bread. |
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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? |
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Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
remember? |
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When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of
fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. |
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And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up? And they said, Seven. |
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And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? |
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And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and
besought him to touch him. |
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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. |
"When he had spit on his eyes"
Jesus spits on a blind man's eyes.
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| 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as
trees, walking. |
(8:24-25) "I see men as trees, walking."
Jesus' spit did not completely cure the blind. So Jesus tried again. He put his hands on the man's
eyes and, this time, the blind man "saw every man clearly."
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| 8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and
he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
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And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor
tell it to any in the town. |
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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? |
(8:27-28) "Whom do men say that I am?"
There were various opinions about the
identity of Jesus. Some thought he was Elijah or one of the prophets. And many
thought he was a risen John the Baptist. With credulity like that just about
anyone could later be passed off as the risen Christ.
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And they answered, John
the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
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And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and
saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. |
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And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. |
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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. |
"And he began to teach
them, that the Son of man must ... be killed, and after three days rise again."
Did Jesus forewarn the apostles of his death and resurrection?
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And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him. |
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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. |
"Get thee behind me, Satan."
When Peter expressed his dismay about Jesus'
coming death, Jesus said to him "Get thee behind me,
Satan" -- a fine way to address his holiness, the first pope!
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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. |
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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. |
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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose
his own soul? |
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Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? |
"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."
If you're ashamed of Jesus, he'll be ashamed of you. (And you'll go straight to hell.)
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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.
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