Marco 8
La Nuova Diodati
8 In quei giorni, essendovi una folla grandissima e non avendo da mangiare, Gesú chiamò a sé i suoi discepoli, e disse loro:
2 «Ho pietà di questa folla, perché sono già tre giorni che stanno con me, e non hanno di che mangiare.
3 E se io li rimando digiuni a casa, verranno meno per via; alcuni di loro, infatti, sono venuti da lontano».
4 E i suoi discepoli gli risposero: «Come potrebbe alcuno saziare di pane costoro, qui nel deserto?».
5 Ed egli domandò loro: «Quanti pani avete?». Essi dissero: «Sette».
6 Allora egli ordinò alla folla di sedere per terra; e presi i sette pani, rese grazie, li spezzò e li diede ai suoi discepoli, perché li distribuissero alla folla; ed essi li distribuirono.
7 Avevano pure alcuni pesciolini, dopo averli benedetti, ordinò che anche quelli fossero distribuiti alla folla.
8 Cosí essi mangiarono a sazietà; e i discepoli portarono via sette panieri di pezzi avanzati.
9 Or quelli che avevano mangiato erano circa quattromila; poi li licenziò.
10 E subito, salito in barca con i suoi discepoli, andò dalle parti di Dalmanuta.
11 Sopraggiunsero i farisei e cominciarono a discutere con lui, chiedendogli un segno dal cielo per metterlo alla prova.
12 Ma egli, gemendo nel suo spirito, disse: «Perché questa generazione chiede un segno? In verità vi dico che non sarà dato alcun segno a questa generazione».
13 Quindi lasciatili, salí di nuovo in barca e passò all'altra riva.
14 Ora i discepoli avevano dimenticato di prendere del pane e non avevano con sé nella barca che un pane solo.
15 Ed egli li ammoniva, dicendo: «State attenti, guardatevi dal lievito dei farisei e dal lievito di Erode!».
16 Ma essi discutevano fra di loro dicendo: «Noi non abbiamo pane».
17 Accortosene, Gesú disse loro: «Perché discutete sul fatto che non avete pane? Non capite ancora e non intendete? Avete il vostro cuore ancora indurito?
18 Avete occhi e non vedete, avete orecchi e non udite? E non vi ricordate?
19 Quando spezzai i cinque pani per i cinquemila, quante ceste piene di pezzi avete raccolto?». Essi dissero: «Dodici».
20 «E quando spezzai i sette pani per i quattromila, quanti panieri pieni di pezzi raccoglieste?». Ed essi dissero: «Sette».
21 Ed egli disse loro: «Come, ancora non capite?».
22 Poi venne a Betsaida; e gli portarono un cieco, pregandolo di toccarlo.
23 Allora preso il cieco per mano, lo condusse fuori dal villaggio e, dopo avergli sputato sugli occhi e impostegli le mani, gli domandò se vedesse qualcosa.
24 E quegli, alzando gli occhi, disse: «Vedo gli uomini camminare e mi sembrano alberi».
25 Allora gli pose di nuovo le mani sugli occhi e lo fece guardare in alto; ed egli recuperò la vista e vedeva tutti chiaramente.
26 E Gesú lo rimandò a casa sua, dicendo: «Non entrare nel villaggio e non dirlo ad alcuno nel villaggio».
27 Poi Gesú con i suoi discepoli, se ne andò per le borgate di Cesarea di Filippo; e lungo il cammino interrogò i suoi discepoli, dicendo loro: «Chi dice la gente che io sia?».
28 Essi risposero: «Alcuni Giovanni Battista, altri Elia, ed altri uno dei profeti».
29 Ed egli disse loro: «Ma voi, chi dite che io sia?». E Pietro, rispondendo, gli disse: «Tu sei il Cristo».
30 Allora egli intimò loro severamente di non parlare di lui ad alcuno.
31 Poi cominciò a insegnare loro che era necessario che il Figlio dell'uomo soffrisse molte cose, fosse riprovato dagli anziani dai capi dei sacerdoti e dagli scribi e fosse ucciso, e dopo tre giorni risuscitasse.
32 E parlava di queste cose apertamente. Allora Pietro, lo prese in disparte e cominciò a riprenderlo.
33 Ma egli, voltatosi e riguardando i suoi discepoli, sgridò Pietro, dicendo: «Vattene lontano da me, Satana, perché tu non hai il senso delle cose di Dio, ma delle cose degli uomini».
34 Poi chiamata a sé la folla con i suoi discepoli, disse loro: «Chiunque vuol venire dietro a me rinneghi se stesso, prenda la sua croce e mi segua
35 perché chiunque vorrà salvare la sua vita, la perderà; ma chi perderà la sua vita per amor mio e dell'evangelo, la salverà.
36 Che gioverà infatti all'uomo guadagnare il mondo intero, se poi perde l'anima sua?
37 O che cosa potrebbe dare l'uomo in cambio dell'anima sua?
38 Perché chi si vergognerà di me e delle mie parole, in mezzo a questa generazione adultera e peccatrice, anche il Figlio dell'uomo si vergognerà di lui, quando verrà nella gloria del Padre suo, con i santi angeli».
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’.
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