Mark 6:30-8:38

Legacy Standard Bible

^30 (A)And the ^(B)apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. ³¹ And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and ^(C)they did not even have time to eat.) ^32 (D)And they went away in ^(E)the boat to a desolate place by themselves.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

³³ And the people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. ³⁴ And when Jesus went ^[a]ashore, He ^(F)saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^(G)they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And when it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and began saying, “^[b]This place is desolate and it is already quite late; ³⁶ send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ^[c]something to eat.” ³⁷ But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat!” ^(H)And they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred ^[d](I)denarii on bread and give them something to eat?” ³⁸ And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.” ³⁹ And He commanded them all to ^[e]sit down by ^[f]groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰ And they ^[g]sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. ⁴¹ And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^(J)blessed the food and broke the loaves. And He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them, and He divided up the two fish among them all. ⁴² And they all ate and were satisfied, ⁴³ and they picked up twelve full ^(K)baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. ⁴⁴ And there were ^(L)five thousand men who ate the loaves.

Jesus Walks on the Sea

^45 (M)And immediately Jesus made His disciples get into ^(N)the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to ^(O)Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away. ⁴⁶ And after ^(P)bidding them farewell, He left ^(Q)for the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ And when it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land. ⁴⁸ And seeing them ^[h]straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the ^[i](R)fourth watch of the night He *came to them, walking on the sea; and He was intending to pass by them. ⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and cried out; ⁵⁰ for they all saw Him and were ^[j]terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, “^(S)Take courage; it is I, ^(T)do not be afraid.” ⁵¹ Then He got into ^(U)the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were ^[k]utterly amazed, ⁵² for ^(V)they ^[l]had not gained any insight about the loaves, but their ^[m]heart ^(W)was hardened.

Many Healed at Gennesaret

^53 (X)And when they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. ⁵⁴ And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, ⁵⁵ and ran about that whole region and began to carry here and there on their mats those who were sick, to ^[n]the place they heard He was. ⁵⁶ And wherever He was entering villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and pleading with Him that they might just ^(Y)touch ^(Z)the fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were being ^[o]saved from their sicknesses.

God’s Commandments, Man’s Traditions

7 ^(AA)And the Pharisees and some of the scribes *gathered around Him when they had come ^(AB)from Jerusalem, ² and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with ^(AC)defiled hands, that is, unwashed. ³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they ^[p]carefully wash their hands, thus observing the ^(AD)tradition of the elders; ⁴ and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they ^[q]wash themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of ^(AE)cups and pitchers and copper pots.) ⁵ And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the ^(AF)tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with ^(AG)defiled hands?” ⁶ And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:

⁸ Leaving the commandment of God, you hold to the ^(AJ)tradition of men.”

⁹ And He was also saying to them, “You are good at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your ^(AK)tradition. ¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘^(AL)Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘^(AM)He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to ^[r]be put to death’; ¹¹ but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever you might benefit from me is ^(AN)Corban (that is to say, ^[s]given to God),’ ¹² you no longer leave him to do anything for his father or his mother; ¹³ thus invalidating the word of God by your ^(AO)tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”

The Heart of Man

¹⁴ And after He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: ¹⁵ there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. ^16 [t][And if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]

¹⁷ And when He had left the crowd and entered ^(AP)the house, ^(AQ)His disciples were asking Him about the parable. ¹⁸ And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not ^[u]perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, ¹⁹ because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes to the sewer?” (Thus He declared ^(AR)all foods ^(AS)clean.) ²⁰ And He was saying, “^(AT)That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. ²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, ²² coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, ^[v](AU)envy, slander, ^[w]pride, and foolishness. ²³ All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

A Gentile Woman’s Faith

^24 (AV)Now Jesus stood up and went away from there to the region of ^(AW)Tyre^[x]. And when He had entered a house, He was wanting no one to know of it; ^[y]yet He could not escape notice. ²⁵ But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. ²⁶ Now the woman was a ^[z]Greek, of Syrophoenician descent. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷ And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not ^[aa]good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁸ But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.” ²⁹ And He said to her, “Because of this ^[ab]answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” ³⁰ And going back to her home, she found the child ^[ac]lying on the bed, the demon having left.

The Deaf Hear, the Mute Speak

^31 (AX)And again He went out from the region of ^(AY)Tyre, and came through Sidon to ^(AZ)the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the ^(BA)Decapolis. ³² And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *pleaded with Him to ^(BB)lay His hand on him. ^33 (BC)And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after ^(BD)spitting, He touched his tongue; ³⁴ and looking up to heaven with a ^(BE)sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” ³⁵ And his ears were opened, and the ^[ad]impediment of his tongue ^[ae]was removed, and he began speaking plainly. ³⁶ And ^(BF)He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He was ordering them, the more widely they ^(BG)continued to proclaim it. ³⁷ And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand

8 In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, ^(BH)Jesus called His disciples and *said to them, ² “^(BI)I feel compassion for the crowd because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat. ³ And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.” ⁴ And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough ^[af]bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?” ⁵ And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.” ⁶ And He *directed the crowd to ^[ag]sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them. And He kept giving them to His disciples to ^[ah]serve to them, and they served them to the crowd. ⁷ And they also had a few small fish; and ^(BJ)after He blessed them, He ordered these to be ^[ai]served as well. ⁸ And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large ^(BK)baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. ⁹ Now about four thousand were there, and He sent them away. ¹⁰ And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of ^(BL)Dalmanutha.

^11 (BM)And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, ^(BN)seeking from Him ^[aj]a sign from heaven, testing Him. ^12 (BO)And sighing deeply ^[ak]in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek ^[al]a sign? Truly I say to you, ^[am](BP)no ^[an]sign will be given to this generation.” ¹³ And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.

¹⁴ And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. ¹⁵ And He was giving orders to them, saying, “^(BQ)Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of ^(BR)Herod.” ¹⁶ And they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. ¹⁷ And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? ^(BS)Do you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have a hardened heart? ^18 (BT)Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, ¹⁹ when I broke ^(BU)the five loaves for the five thousand, how many ^(BV)baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.” ²⁰ “When I broke ^(BW)the seven for the four thousand, how many large ^(BX)baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.” ²¹ And He was saying to them, “^(BY)Do you not yet understand?”

²² And they *came to ^(BZ)Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *pleaded with Him to ^(CA)touch him. ²³ And taking the blind man by the hand, He ^(CB)brought him out of the village; and after ^(CC)spitting on his eyes and ^(CD)laying His hands on him, He was asking him, “Do you see anything?” ²⁴ And he ^[ao]looked up and was saying, “I see men, for ^[ap]I see them like trees, walking around.” ²⁵ Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. ²⁶ And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter ^(CE)the village.”

Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Christ

^27 (CF)And Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of ^(CG)Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He was asking His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” ^28 (CH)And they told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” ²⁹ And He continued asking them, “But who do you say that I am?” ^(CI)Peter *answered and *said to Him, “You are the ^[aq]Christ.” ³⁰ And ^(CJ)He ^[ar]warned them to tell no one about Him.

^31 (CK)And He began to teach them that ^(CL)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 was stating the matter ^(CM)openly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. ³³ But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, ^(CN)Satan! For you are not setting your mind on ^[as]God’s interests, but man’s.”

Take Up Your Cross

³⁴ And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to ^[at]come after Me, he must deny himself, and ^(CO)take up his cross and follow Me. ³⁵ For ^(CP)whoever wishes to save his ^[au]life will lose it, but whoever loses his ^[av]life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. ³⁶ For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? ³⁷ For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸ For ^(CQ)whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, ^(CR)the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He ^(CS)comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”