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Gospel of Mark, Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of Mark—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, 1Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,
  2. “2I feel compassion for the [a]people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.
  3. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.”
  4. And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough [b]bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
  5. And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”
  6. And He *directed the [c]people to [d]sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to [e]serve to them, and they served them to the [f]people.
  7. They also had a few small fish; and 3after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be [g]served as well.
  8. And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large 4baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.
  9. About four thousand were there; and He sent them away.
  10. And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of 5Dalmanutha.
  11. 6The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, 7seeking from Him a [h]sign from heaven, [i]to test Him.
  12. 8Sighing deeply [j]in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a [k]sign? Truly I say to you, [l]9no [m]sign will be given to this generation.”
  13. Leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.
  14. ¶ And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
  15. And He was giving orders to them, saying, “10Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of 11Herod.”
  16. They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.
  17. And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? 12Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a [n]hardened heart?
  18. 13HAVING EYES, DO YOU NOT SEE? AND HAVING EARS, DO YOU NOT HEAR? And do you not remember,
  19. when I broke 14the five loaves for the five thousand, how many 15baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.”
  20. “When I broke 16the seven for the four thousand, how many large 17baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.”
  21. And He was saying to them, “18Do you not yet understand?”
  22. ¶ And they *came to 19Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *implored Him to 20touch him.
  23. Taking the blind man by the hand, He 21brought him out of the village; and after 22spitting on his eyes and 23laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”
  24. And he [o]looked up and said, “I see men, for [p]I see them like trees, walking around.”
  25. Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.
  26. And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter 24the village.”
  27. 25Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of 26Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?”
  28. 27They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”
  29. And He continued by questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” 28Peter *answered and *said to Him, “You are [q]the Christ.”
  30. And 29He [r]warned them to tell no one about Him.
  31. 30And He began to teach them that 31the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  32. And He was stating the matter 32plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
  33. But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, 33Satan; for you are not setting your mind on [s]God’s interests, but man’s.”
  34. ¶ And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and 34take up his cross and follow Me.
  35. For 35whoever wishes to save his [t]life will lose it, but whoever loses his [u]life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
  36. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
  37. For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
  38. For 36whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, 37the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He 38comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit crowd
  2. ^ Lit loaves
  3. ^ Lit crowd
  4. ^ Lit recline
  5. ^ Lit set before
  6. ^ Lit crowd
  7. ^ Lit set before them
  8. ^ Or attesting miracle
  9. ^ Lit testing Him
  10. ^ Or to Himself
  11. ^ Or attesting miracle
  12. ^ Lit if a sign shall be given
  13. ^ Or attesting miracle
  14. ^ Or dull, insensible
  15. ^ Or gained sight
  16. ^ Or they look to me
  17. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  18. ^ Or strictly admonished
  19. ^ Lit the things of God
  20. ^ Or soul
  21. ^ Or soul

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mr 8:1-9; Mt 15:32-39; Mr 6:34-44
  2. ^ Mt 9:36; Mr 6:34
  3. ^ Mt 14:19
  4. ^ Mt 15:37; Mr 8:20
  5. ^ Mt 15:39
  6. ^ Mr 8:11-21; Mt 16:1-12
  7. ^ Mt 12:38
  8. ^ Mr 7:34
  9. ^ Mt 12:39
  10. ^ Mt 16:6; Lu 12:1
  11. ^ Mt 14:1; 22:16
  12. ^ Mr 6:52
  13. ^ Je 5:21; Eze 12:2; Mr 4:12
  14. ^ Mr 6:41-44
  15. ^ Mt 14:20
  16. ^ Mr 8:6-9
  17. ^ Mr 8:8
  18. ^ Mr 6:52
  19. ^ Mt 11:21; Mr 6:45
  20. ^ Mr 3:10
  21. ^ Mr 7:33
  22. ^ Mr 7:33
  23. ^ Mr 5:23
  24. ^ Mr 8:23
  25. ^ Mr 8:27-29; Mt 16:13-16; Lu 9:18-20
  26. ^ Mt 16:13
  27. ^ Mr 6:14; Lu 9:7, 8
  28. ^ Jn 6:68, 69
  29. ^ Mt 8:4; 16:20; Lu 9:21
  30. ^ Mr 8:31-9:1; Mt 16:21-28; Lu 9:22-27
  31. ^ Mt 16:21
  32. ^ Jn 10:24; 11:14; 16:25, 29; 18:20
  33. ^ Mt 4:10
  34. ^ Mt 10:38; Lu 14:27
  35. ^ Mt 10:39; Lu 17:33; Jn 12:25
  36. ^ Mt 10:33; Lu 9:26; Heb 11:16
  37. ^ Mt 8:20
  38. ^ Mt 16:27; Mr 13:26; Lu 9:26

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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