マルコの福音書 8
Japanese Living Bible
8 そのころ、またおびただしい群衆が集まって来ましたが、みんなの食べる物がなくなったので、 2 イエスは弟子たちを呼んで言われました。「この人たちはかわいそうに、もう三日もわたしといっしょにいるのだから、食べ物はとっくにないはずです。 3 このまま帰らせたら、きっと途中で倒れてしまいます。それに遠くから来た人もいるでしょうから。」
4 「でも、先生。こんな寂しい所で、これほど大ぜいの人たちのために、いったいどこで食べ物を手に入れるのですか。」
5 「パンは幾つありますか。」「七つです。」
6 イエスは、群衆に地べたに座るようにお命じになりました。そして七つのパンを取り、神に感謝の祈りをささげてから、ちぎって弟子たちに手渡され、弟子たちはみなに配りました。 7 また、小さい魚が少しばかりあったので、これも同様に祝福してから、人々に配るよう弟子たちに手渡されました。
8-9 こうして、全員が満腹するほど食べました。それからイエスは、人々を家にお帰しになりました。その日集まった人の数はおよそ四千人でしたが、あとでパン切れを拾い集めると、なんと七つのかごいっぱいになりました。
ダルマヌタ地方へ
10 このあとすぐ、イエスは弟子たちと舟でダルマヌタ地方へ向かわれました。 11 その地方のパリサイ人たちはイエスが来たと知り、議論をふっかけてやろうと、勇んでやって来ました。「奇跡を見せたらどうだ。天から不思議なしるしが現れでもしたら、あなたを信じようじゃないか。」
12 このことばに、イエスは思わず、ため息をおつきになりました。「いったいどれだけ奇跡を見れば気がすむのですか。」
13 イエスは彼らを残してまた舟に乗り、湖の向こう岸に渡られました。 14 ところが、弟子たちが出発前に食べ物を用意するのをうっかり忘れたので、舟の中にある食べ物といえば、一かたまりのパンだけでした。
15 舟の中で、イエスは弟子たちに、厳粛な表情で、「ヘロデ王とパリサイ人たちのパン種（彼らの誤った教えと偽善）に気をつけなさい」と言われました。 16 弟子たちは、「先生は、なぜあんなことをおっしゃったんだろう」と首をかしげ、結局、パンを持って来なかったからだろうということに話が落ち着きました。
17 弟子たちがそのことで互いに議論し合っているのを聞いて、イエスは言われました。「いや、そんなことではありません。まだわからないのですか。なんとものわかりの悪い人たちなのでしょう。 18 目も耳も持っているのに、見えも聞こえもしなかったのですか。何も覚えていないのですか。 19 五つのパンを五千人に食べさせた時、余ったパン切れは幾かごになりましたか。」「十二かごです。」 20 「では、七つのパンで四千人に食べさせた時は？」「七かごです。」
21 「それなのに、まだあなたがたは、パンがないのをわたしが苦にしていると思うのですか。」
22 一行がベツサイダに到着すると、人々が盲人の手を引いて来ました。「どうか、さわって治してやってください」と頼むので、 23 イエスはその盲人の手を取り、村の外へ連れ出されました。そして彼の両眼につばをつけ、手をあてて、「どうですか、何か見えますか」とお尋ねになりました。 24 男はあたりをきょろきょろ見回しながら、「は、はい、見えます。人が見えます。ぼんやりしていますが……。まるで、木が歩いてるみたいです」と答えました。 25 イエスはもう一度、両眼におさわりになりました。男はじっと見つめていました。するとだんだん視力が回復し、すべてのものがはっきり見えるようになりました。
26 イエスは男を家族のもとへ帰し、「村へは行かないように」と注意されました。
イエスこそ救い主
27 イエスの一行はガリラヤを去り、ピリポ・カイザリヤの村々へ行きました。その道々、イエスは弟子たちに、「人々は、わたしのことをだれだと言っていますか」とお尋ねになりました。
28 「バプテスマのヨハネだと言う者もいれば、エリヤだと言う者もいます。また昔の預言者が生き返ったと言う者もいます」と、弟子たちは答えました。
29 するとイエスは、「では、あなたがたは、わたしをだれだと思っているのですか」とお尋ねになりました。即座にペテロが、「あなたこそキリスト（ギリシャ語で救い主）です」と答えました。 30 ところがイエスは、このことをだれにも話してはいけないと、きびしく言われました。
31 それから、やがてご自分が経験する恐ろしい出来事――長老、祭司長、ユダヤ人の指導者たちに捨てられ、殺され、三日目に復活すること――を弟子たちに話し始められました。 32 それも、実にはっきりとお話しになったので、ペテロはイエスをわきに呼び、「そんなことをおっしゃるものではありません」といさめました。
33 イエスはふり返って弟子たちを見ながら、非常にきびしい口調でペテロに言われました。「下がれ、サタン！ あなたはただ人間的な見方をして、神のことを考えてみようともしていません。」
34 それから、弟子たちと群衆とを呼び寄せ、こう言われました。「だれでもわたしについて来たければ、自分中心の生活をやめ、自分の十字架を負って、わたしについて来なさい。 35 自分のいのちを守ることばかりにとらわれている者は、それを失います。わたしと福音とのためにいのちを捨てる者が、いのちを得るのです。
36 たとえ全世界を自分のものにしても、いのちを失ったら、何の得があるでしょう。 37 いのちを買い戻すどんな手だてがあるというのでしょう。 38 この不信仰と罪の時代にあって、わたしとわたしのことばとを恥じるなら、メシヤであるわたしも、やがて父の栄光を帯びて聖なる天使と共に帰って来る時、そのような者を恥じるのです。」
Mark 8
American Standard Version
8 In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with [a]bread here in a desert place? 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 6 And he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them; and they set them before the multitude. 7 And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them. 8 And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets. 9 And they were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10 And straightway he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, trying him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and again entering into the boat departed to the other side.
14 And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned one with another, [b]saying, [c]We have no bread. 17 And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many [d]baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many [e]basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?
22 And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him. 23 And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Seest thou aught? 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking. 25 Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked stedfastly, and was restored, and saw all things clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.
27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi: and on the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? 28 And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets. 29 And he asked them, But who say ye that I am? Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 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. 32 And he spake the saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. 34 And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the [f]gospel’s shall save it. 36 For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 37 For what should a man give in exchange for his life? 38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Footnotes
- Mark 8:4 Greek loaves.
- Mark 8:16 Some ancient authorities read because they had no bread.
- Mark 8:16 Or, It is because we have no bread.
- Mark 8:19 Basket in verses 19 and 20 represent different Greek words.
- Mark 8:20 Basket in verses 19 and 20 represent different Greek words.
- Mark 8:35 See marginal note on 1:1.
Mark 8
New King James Version
Feeding the Four Thousand(A)
8 In those days, (B)the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, 2 “I have (C)compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 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.”
4 Then His disciples answered Him, “How can one satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?”
5 (D)He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”
And they said, “Seven.”
6 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. 7 They also had a few small fish; and (E)having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. 8 So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments. 9 Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away, 10 (F)immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha.
The Pharisees Seek a Sign(G)
11 (H)Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him. 12 But He (I)sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, (J)no sign shall be given to this generation.”
Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod(K)
13 And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side. 14 (L)Now [a]the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat. 15 (M)Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the [b]leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”
17 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? (N)Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart [c]still hardened? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 (O)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.”
20 “Also, (P)when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?”
And they said, “Seven.”
21 So He said to them, “How is it (Q)you do not understand?”
A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida
22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a (R)blind man to Him, and begged Him to (S)touch him. 23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when (T)He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.
24 And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”
25 Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly. 26 Then He sent him away to his house, saying, [d]“Neither go into the town, (U)nor tell anyone in the town.”
Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ(V)
27 (W)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?”
28 So they answered, (X)“John the Baptist; but some say, (Y)Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
29 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered and said to Him, (Z)“You are the Christ.”
30 (AA)Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him.
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection(AB)
31 And (AC)He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be (AD)rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be (AE)killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 33 But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He (AF)rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not [e]mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Take Up the Cross and Follow Him(AG)
34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, (AH)“Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For (AI)whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 (AJ)For whoever (AK)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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