Mark 8
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In those days, a the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them,
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"I have b compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
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"And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from afar."
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Then His disciples answered Him, "How can one satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?"
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c He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."
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So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.
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They also had a few small fish; and d having blessed them, He said to set them also before them.
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So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments.
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Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away,
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e immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha.
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f Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him.
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But He g sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, h no sign shall be given to this generation."
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And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.
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i Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat.
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j Then He charged them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and 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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But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, "Why do you reason because you have no bread? k Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened?
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"Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
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l "When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?" They said to Him, "Twelve."
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"Also, m when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?" And they said, "Seven."
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So He said to them, "How is it n you do not understand?"
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Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a o blind man to Him, and begged Him to p touch him.
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So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when q He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.
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And he looked up and said, "I see men like trees, walking."
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Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly.
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Then He sent him away to his house, saying, "Neither go into the town, r nor tell anyone in the town."
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s Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, "Who do men say that I am?"
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So they answered, t "John the Baptist; but some say, u Elijah; and others, one of the prophets."
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He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and said to Him, v "You are the Christ."
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w Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him.
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And x He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be y rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be z killed, and after three days rise again.
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He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
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But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He a rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
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When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, b "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
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"For c whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.
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"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
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"Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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d "For whoever e is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
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Cross References
Matthew 15:32 - 39
Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.
Mark 6:34 - 44
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
Luke 9:12
When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.
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Matthew 9:36
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 14:14
And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
Mark 1:41
Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed.
Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
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Matthew 15:34
Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish.
Mark 6:38
But He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish.
John 6:9
"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?"
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Matthew 14:19
Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
Mark 6:41
And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all.
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Matthew 15:39
And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala.
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Matthew 12:38
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered...
Matthew 16:1
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and test...
Luke 11:16
Others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign fro...
John 2:18
So the Jews answered and said to Him, "What sig...
John 6:30
Therefore they said to Him, "What sign will You...
1 Corinthians 1:22
For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after ...
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Mark 7:34
Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened.
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Matthew 12:39
But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
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Matthew 16:5
Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
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Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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Mark 6:52
For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened.
Mark 16:14
Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
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Matthew 14:20
So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.
Mark 6:43
And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.
Luke 9:17
So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them.
John 6:13
Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
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Matthew 15:37
So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left.
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Mark 6:52
For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened.
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Matthew 9:27
When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!
John 9:1
Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth.
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Luke 18:15
Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
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Mark 7:33
And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.
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Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.
Mark 5:43
But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat.
Mark 7:36
Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
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Matthew 16:13 - 16
When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?
Luke 9:18 - 20
And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, "Who do the crowds say that I am?
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Matthew 14:2
And said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.
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Mark 6:14
Now King Herod heard of Him, for His name had become well known. And he said, "John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.
Mark 6:15
Others said, "It is Elijah." And others said, "It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets.
Luke 9:7
Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Him; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead.
Luke 9:8
And by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
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John 1:41
He first found his own brother Simon, and said ...
John 4:42
Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, n...
John 6:69
"Also we have come to believe and know that You...
John 11:27
She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You...
Acts 2:36
"Therefore let all the house of Israel know ass...
Acts 8:37
Then Philip said, "If you believe with all your...
Acts 9:20
Immediately he preached the Christ in the synag...
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Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.
Matthew 16:20
Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.
Luke 9:21
And He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one.
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Isaiah 53:3 - 11
He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Matthew 16:21
From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.
Matthew 20:19
"and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again."
Luke 18:31 - 33
Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.
1 Peter 1:11
Searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
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Mark 10:33
Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles.
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Mark 9:31
For He taught His disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.
Mark 10:34
"and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again."
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Mark 16:14
Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
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Matthew 10:38
And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
Luke 14:27
And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
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Matthew 10:39
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Matthew 10:33
But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
Luke 9:26
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels.
Luke 12:9
But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
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Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God.
2 Timothy 1:9
Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
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