Prioritizing Choices. Mark 8:36-38. “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”For what can a man give in return for his soul? “For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed […]
A Costly Choice. Mark 8:34-35. And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will […]
A Disconcerting Fact Mark 8:31-33. And he began to teach them that the 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. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But […]
Peter Sees the Light. Mark 8:27-30. And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”And he asked them, “But who […]
A Blind Man Sees. Mark 8:22-26. And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit in his eyes and laid hands on him, he asked […]
A Challenge to the Disciples. Mark 8:14-21. Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no […]
Seeking for a Sign. Mark 8:11-13. The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given this generation.”And he left them, […]
Four Thousand Fed. Mark 8:5-10. And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set […]
A Short Memory. Mark 8:1-4. In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. “And if I send them away […]
A Deaf Man Hears. Mark 7:31-37. Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowd privately, […]