馬 可 福 音 8
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
耶稣供给四千多人食物
8 还有一次，很多人和耶稣在一起，他们没有任何可吃的东西。耶稣就把门徒们叫到身边，对他们说： 2 “我很同情这些人，他们和我在一起已经三天了，也没有吃的东西。 3 如果我让他们饿着肚子回家，他们就会昏倒在路上，何况有些人是从很远的地方来的。”
4 耶稣的门徒们答道∶“在这荒郊野外，我们到哪儿去找足够的食物给这么多人吃呀？”
5 耶稣问门徒们∶“你们有多少块面包？”
“七块面包。”他们回答。
6 耶稣吩咐人群坐在地上，他拿着七块面包，感谢上帝。他掰开面包，递给门徒去分给众人，门徒便分给了众人。 7 门徒们又拿出几条小鱼。耶稣为众人祝福，然后让门徒们把鱼分给人们。 8 众人都吃饱了，之后门徒们收拾起剩下的食物，足足装满了七筐。 9 当时大约有四千个男人吃饭，然后耶稣打发他们走了。 10 随后他和门徒们乘船到大玛努他地区去了。
一些人怀疑耶稣的权威
11 法利赛人来质问耶稣，他们要耶稣显示一个来自天堂的神迹，其目的是在试探他。 12 耶稣深深地叹息，说∶“为什么这代人寻求神迹呢？实话告诉你们，没有神迹会给你们这代人看。” 13 说完，耶稣离开这些人，上船到湖对岸去了。
耶稣的门徒误解他
14 耶稣的门徒们忘了多带些面包，他们只带了一块面包上船。 15 耶稣提醒他们说∶“当心！要提防法利赛人和希律的酵母 [a]。”
16 门徒们私下议论说∶“他这么说是因为我们没有面包了！”
17 耶稣知道他们在讲什么，就对他们说∶“你们为什么议论说没有面包呢？难道你们还不明白吗？你们竟然会这么顽固吗？ 18 你们有眼睛－难道看不见吗？你们有耳朵－难道听不见吗？ 19 你们难道不记得，我把五块面包分给五千人吃，你们收拾起的残渣剩饭装满了多少筐吗？”
“十二筐。”门徒们回答。
20 耶稣又问∶“那么，我把七块面包分给四千人吃的时候，你们收拾起的残渣剩饭装满了多少筐呢？”
“七筐。”门徒们说。
21 然后，耶稣对他们说∶“你们还不明白吗？”
治好盲人
22 耶稣和门徒们来到伯赛大，有人带着一个盲人来找他，求耶稣摸摸他。 23 耶稣拉起盲人的手，出了村子。耶稣往盲人的眼睛里吐了一点唾沫，把手按在他身上，问道∶“你现在看得见吗？”
24 盲人抬起头说∶“我看见人，他们像树在走。”
25 耶稣又把手按在他的眼睛上，盲人睁大了眼睛，恢复了视力，看清了一切。 26 耶稣让他回家去，对他说∶“不要进这个村子。”
彼得说耶稣是基督
27 耶稣和门徒们动身到该撒利亚腓立比一带的村庄去，路上，耶稣问门徒们∶“人们都说我是谁？”
28 门徒们答道∶“他们说您是施洗者约翰。也有人说您是以利亚。还有人说您是一个先知。”
29 耶稣又问他们∶“那么你们说我是谁？”
彼得回答∶“您是基督。”
30 耶稣嘱咐他们不要告诉别人他是谁。
耶稣说他必死
31 他开始教导门徒说∶“人子必须遭受到很多苦难。他必遭到年长的犹太首领、祭司长和律法师的拒弃，并被杀害，三天后他必定复活。” 32 耶稣把将要发生的事情讲得很明白。彼得把耶稣拉到一边，责备他不该那样说。 33 可是耶稣转过身看着门徒们，责备彼得说∶“走开，撒旦！你不关心上帝的事，而只关心凡人认为重要的事。”
34 于是耶稣把众人和门徒叫过来，对他们说∶“如果谁想跟随我，他就必须舍弃自己，背起他的十字架跟随我。 35 凡是想保全生命的人都会丧生；凡是为我和福音牺牲生命的人都会保全生命。 36 如果一个人失去了生命，即使他得到了整个世界，也毫无价值。 37 一个人用什么也无法赎回他的生命， 38 当今这代人充满了罪恶，他们对上帝没有信仰。虽然你们生活在他们之中，但不要以我和我的教导为耻。如果你们以我和我的教导为耻，那么，当我—人子伴随着我父的荣耀和神圣的天使降临时，也会以你们为耻。
Footnotes
- 馬 可 福 音 8:15 酵母： 在此被比作坏的影响。
Mark 8
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus gives food to 4,000 people
8 At that time, another large crowd had come to hear Jesus. The people had nothing to eat. Jesus asked his disciples to come to him. He said to them, 2 ‘I feel sorry for this crowd. They have been here with me now for three days and they do not have any food. 3 I do not want to send them back to their homes while they are hungry. They might fall down during their journey because they are weak. Some of them have travelled a long way to come here.’
4 The disciples replied, ‘This place is far from any houses. We cannot get enough bread to feed all these people.’
5 ‘How many loaves of bread do you have?’ Jesus asked. ‘We have seven loaves,’ they replied.
6 Jesus told the crowd that they should sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves in his hands and he thanked God for them. Then he broke the bread and he gave the pieces to his disciples. The disciples gave the bread to the people. 7 The disciples also had a few small fish, so Jesus thanked God for these. Then he told his disciples to give the fish to the people too. 8 The people ate, and they all had enough food. After the people had eaten, there were still lots of small pieces of food. Jesus' disciples filled seven baskets with these pieces. 9 About 4,000 people were there and ate the food. Then Jesus sent the people away. 10 Immediately, he got into the boat with his disciples. They all returned to the part of the country called Dalmanutha.[a]
11 Some Pharisees came to Jesus. They began to argue with him. They wanted to see him do something powerful. That would show them that God had really sent him. 12 Jesus cried with a low, sad sound. He said, ‘People who are alive today want God to show them something powerful. But I tell you this: God will not do the powerful thing for them that they want.’ 13 Then Jesus left those Pharisees. He got back into the boat to go to the other side of the lake.
Jesus talks about the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod
14 Jesus' disciples had forgotten to take bread with them. They only had one loaf in the boat. 15 Jesus said to them, ‘Be careful. Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees or the yeast of Herod.’[b]
16 The disciples began to say to each other, ‘Jesus is saying that because we do not have any bread.’
17 Jesus knew what they were talking about. So he said to them, ‘You should not be arguing about the bread. You still do not understand my teaching. You seem unable to learn. 18 You are like people who have eyes but they cannot see with them. You are like people who have ears but they cannot hear with them. 19 Remember that I used five loaves of bread to feed 5,000 men. How many baskets did you fill with pieces of food that were left?’
‘There were 12 baskets,’ they replied.
20 Jesus asked them, ‘I also used seven loaves to feed 4,000 people. That time, how many baskets did you fill with pieces of food?’
‘There were seven baskets,’ they replied.
21 ‘You really should understand about me now,’ he said to them.
Jesus makes a blind man able to see
22 Jesus and his disciples came to a village called Bethsaida. Some people led a blind man to Jesus. They asked Jesus to touch the man. 23 Jesus took the blind man's hand and he led the man out of the village. Jesus put water from his own mouth on the man's eyes. And he put his hands on the man. ‘Can you see anything?’ Jesus asked.
24 The man looked up. He said, ‘I can see people. But they look like trees that are walking about.’
25 So Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes again. The man looked carefully and then his eyes were completely well. Now he could see everything clearly. 26 Jesus told the man that he must go back to his home. Jesus said, ‘Do not even go into the village.’
Peter says who Jesus is
27 Then Jesus and his disciples went to visit some villages. They were near to the town of Caesarea Philippi. On the way, Jesus asked his disciples, ‘When people talk about me, who do they say that I am?’
28 They replied, ‘Some people say that you are John the Baptist. Other people say that you are Elijah. And some other people say that you are one of God's prophets.’[c]
29 Jesus asked them, ‘But what do you think? Who do you say that I am?’
Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’[d]
30 Then Jesus warned his disciples that they must not tell anyone about him.
Jesus tells his disciples how he will die
31 Then Jesus began to teach his disciples about the things that must happen to the Son of Man.[e] He would have to suffer in many ways. The important Jews, the leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law would turn against him. People would kill him. But after three days, he would become alive again.
32 What Jesus said was very clear. Then Peter took Jesus away from the other disciples. Peter began to tell Jesus that he must not say things like that.
33 Jesus turned round and he looked at his disciples. He said that Peter was not saying good things. He said to Peter, ‘Satan, go away from me![f] Your thoughts do not come from God. Instead, you are thinking like men think.’
34 Then Jesus asked the crowd and his disciples to come to him. He said to them, ‘A person who wants to come with me must not think about himself. He must decide that his own life is not important. He must be like someone who carries his own cross to go and die. Then he may come with me as my disciple. 35 Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me and God's good news will have true life. 36 A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it will not be any good for him. 37 There is nothing that a person can give to get back his life.
38 People who are living today do not obey God. They are very bad. But you must not be ashamed of me or of my words. If you are, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you. One day he will return and God's holy angels will be with him. He will have the bright glory of his Father. He will be ashamed of you on that day if you are ashamed of him now.’
Footnotes
- 8:10 Dalmanutha is on the west shore of Lake Galilee. It is south of the flat part of the country called Gennesaret.
- 8:15 People put yeast into flour and water when they want to make bread. The yeast causes the flour to grow bigger and become a loaf of bread. Jesus was talking about the things that the Pharisees taught people. These things could grow and hurt people. See Matthew 16:12.
- 8:28 This is the same report that people told King Herod in Matthew 6:14-16.
- 8:29 The people were waiting for God to send someone special to them. They called this person the Messiah or the Christ. Jesus knew that the people had wrong ideas about this person. They thought that this person would save them from the Roman government. They thought that he would be a great soldier. So Jesus wanted to teach the people what he, the Messiah, had come to do.
- 8:31 Before this time, Jesus had not told anyone so clearly what would happen to him.
- 8:33 Peter did not understand that God wanted Jesus to die for us. Satan wanted Peter to stop Jesus, so that Jesus would not obey God. That is why Jesus called Peter ‘Satan’.
Mark 8
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Feeding Four Thousand
8 In(A) those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He called(B) the disciples(C) and said to them, 2 ‘I have compassion(D) on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me for three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way,(E) and some of them have come a long distance.’
4 His disciples answered him, ‘Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to feed(F) these people? ’
5 ‘How many loaves do you have? ’ he asked them.
‘Seven,’ they said. 6 He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke(G) them, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. So they served them to the crowd. 7 They also had a few small fish, and after he had blessed them, he said these were to be served as well. 8 They ate and were satisfied. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces. 9 About four thousand were there. He dismissed them. 10 And he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
11 The(H) Pharisees(I) came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign(J) from heaven(K) to test(L) him. 12 Sighing deeply in his spirit,(M) he said, ‘Why does this generation(N) demand a sign? Truly I tell you,(O) no sign will be given to this generation.’ 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.
14 The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 Then(P) he gave them strict orders: ‘Watch out! Beware of the leaven[a](Q) of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.’(R) 16 They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. 17 Aware of this, he said to them, ‘Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?(S) 18 Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear?[b](T) And do you not remember?(U) 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect? ’
‘Twelve,’ they told him.
20 ‘When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you collect? ’
‘Seven,’ they said.
21 And he said to them, ‘Don’t you understand yet? ’(V)
Healing a Blind Man
22 They came to Bethsaida.(W) They brought a blind(X) man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting(Y) on his eyes and laying his hands on(Z) him, he asked him, ‘Do you see anything? ’
24 He looked up and said, ‘I see people – they look like trees walking.’(AA)
25 Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. 26 Then he sent(AB) him home, saying, ‘Don’t even go into the village.’[c](AC)
Peter’s Confession of the Messiah
27 Jesus(AD) went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am? ’
28 They answered him, ‘John the Baptist;(AE) others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.’(AF)
29 ‘But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you say that I am? ’
Peter(AG) answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’(AH) 30 And he strictly warned(AI) them to tell no one about him.
His Death and Resurrection Predicted
31 Then(AJ) he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man(AK) to suffer many things and be rejected(AL) by the elders,(AM) chief priests, and scribes,(AN) be killed, and rise(AO) after three days.(AP) 32 He spoke openly about this. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ‘Get behind me, Satan!(AQ) You are not thinking about God’s concerns[d] but human concerns.’
Take Up Your Cross
34 Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself,(AR) take up his cross,(AS) and follow me.(AT) 35 For whoever wants to save(AU) his life will lose it,(AV) but whoever loses(AW) his life(AX) because of me(AY) and the gospel(AZ) will save it.(BA) 36 For what does it benefit(BB) someone to gain(BC) the whole world(BD) and yet lose(BE) his life?(BF) 37 What can anyone give in exchange for his life?(BG) 38 For whoever is ashamed(BH) of me and my words(BI) in this adulterous and sinful(BJ) generation,(BK) the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory(BL) of his Father(BM) with the holy(BN) angels.’(BO)
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