Mark 8-9 (21st Century King James Version)

Mark 8

 ¹In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him and said unto them,

   
 ²"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

   
 ³And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from afar."

   
 ⁴And His disciples answered Him, "From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?"

   
 ⁵And He asked them, "How many loaves have ye?" And they said, "Seven."

   
 ⁶And He commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke, and gave to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.

   
 ⁷And they had a few small fishes, and He blessed them and commanded to set them also before them.

   
 ⁸So they ate and were filled; and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets.

   
 ⁹And those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away.

   
 ¹⁰And straightway He entered into a boat with His disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

   
 ¹¹And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with Him, seeking from Him a sign from Heaven, testing Him.

   
 ¹²And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, "Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation."

   
 ¹³And He left them and, entering into the boat again, departed to the other side.

   
 ¹⁴Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more than one loaf.

   
 ¹⁵And He charged them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod."

   
 ¹⁶And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have no bread."

   
 ¹⁷And when Jesus knew it, He said unto them, "Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

   
 ¹⁸Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember?

   
 ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?" They said unto Him, "Twelve."

   
 ²⁰"And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?" And they said, "Seven."

   
 ²¹And He said unto them, "How is it that ye do not understand?"

   
 ²²And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.

   
 ²³And 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 anything.

   
 ²⁴And he looked up and said, "I see men as trees, walking."

   
 ²⁵After that He put His hands again upon his eyes and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

   
 ²⁶And He sent him away to his house, saying, "Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town."

   
 ²⁷And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, "Who do men say that I am?"

   
 ²⁸And they answered, "John the Baptist; but some say Elijah, and others, one of the prophets."

   
 ²⁹And He said unto them, "But whom say ye that I am?" And Peter answered and said unto Him, "Thou art the Christ."

   
 ³⁰And He charged them that they should tell no man of Him.

   
 ³¹And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and by the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

   
 ³²And He spoke that saying openly. And Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him.

   
 ³³But when He had turned about and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get thee behind Me, Satan; for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men."

   
 ³⁴And 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.

   
 ³⁵For 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.

   
 ³⁶For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

   
 ³⁷Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

   
 ³⁸Whosoever, 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."

   

Mark 9

 ¹And He said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that there are some of them that stand here who shall not taste of death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power."

   
 ²And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and led them up onto a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.

   
 ³And His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

   
 ⁴And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

   
 ⁵And Peter spoke and said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tabernacles: one for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah--"

   
 ⁶for he knew not what to say, for they were sore afraid.

   
 ⁷And there was a cloud that overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "THIS IS MY BELOVED SON: HEAR HIM!"

   
 ⁸And suddenly when they had looked round about, they saw no man anymore, save Jesus only with them.

   
 ⁹And as they came down from the mountain, He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of Man were risen from the dead.

   
 ¹⁰And they kept that saying to themselves, questioning one another what "rising from the dead" should mean.

   
 ¹¹And they asked Him, saying, "Why say the scribes that first Elijah must come?"

   
 ¹²And He answered and told them, "Elijah verily cometh first and restoreth all things, and how it is written of the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be set at nought.

   
 ¹³But I say unto you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they pleased, as it is written of him."

   
 ¹⁴And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude about them and the scribes questioning with them.

   
 ¹⁵And straightway all the people, when they beheld Him, were greatly amazed; and running to Him, they greeted Him.

   
 ¹⁶And He asked the scribes, "What question ye with them?"

   
 ¹⁷And one of the multitude answered and said, "Master, I have brought unto thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit.

   
 ¹⁸And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him; and he foameth and gnasheth his teeth and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not."

   
 ¹⁹Jesus answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto Me."

   
 ²⁰And they brought the boy unto Him. And when the spirit saw Him, straightway he tore the boy; and he fell on the ground and wallowed about foaming.

   
 ²¹And He asked his father, "How long is it ago since this came unto him?" And he said, "From childhood.

   
 ²²And oftentimes it hath cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him; but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us and help us."

   
 ²³Jesus said unto him, "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."

   
 ²⁴And straightway the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief!"

   
 ²⁵When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him and enter no more into him."

   
 ²⁶And the spirit cried, and rent the boy sorely and came out of him; and he was as one dead, insomuch that many said, "He is dead."

   
 ²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

   
 ²⁸And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could not we cast him out?"

   
 ²⁹And He said unto them, "This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting."

   
 ³⁰And they departed thence and passed through Galilee, and He would not that any man should know it.

   
 ³¹For He taught His disciples and said unto them, "The Son of Man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him; and after He is killed, He shall rise the third day."

   
 ³²But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

   
 ³³And He came to Capernaum; and being in the house, He asked them, "What was it that ye disputed among yourselves on the way?"

   
 ³⁴But they held their peace, for on the way they had disputed among themselves as to who should be the greatest.

   
 ³⁵And He sat down, and called the twelve and said unto them, "If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all and servant of all."

   
 ³⁶And He took a child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said unto them,

   
 ³⁷"Whosoever shall receive one of such children in My name, receiveth Me; and whosoever shall receive Me, receiveth not Me, but Him that sent Me."

   
 ³⁸And John answered Him, saying, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name, but he followeth us not, so we forbad him because he followeth not us."

   
 ³⁹But Jesus said, "Forbid him not, for there is no man who shall do a miracle in My name that can lightly speak evil of Me.

   
 ⁴⁰For he that is not against us is on our side.

   
 ⁴¹For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

   
 ⁴²And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in Me to fall, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea.

   
 ⁴³And if thy hand cause thee to fall, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed than, having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched,

   
 ⁴⁴where `their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.'

   
 ⁴⁵And if thy foot cause thee to fall, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter halt into life than, having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched,

   
 ⁴⁶where `their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.'

   
 ⁴⁷And if thine eye cause thee to fall, pluck it out. It is better for thee to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire,

   
 ⁴⁸where `their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.'

   
 ⁴⁹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

   
 ⁵⁰Salt is good, but if the salt has lost his saltness, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another."