Mark 8:22-33

New American Standard Bible

²² And they *came to ^(A)Bethsaida. And some people *brought a man who was blind to ^[a]Jesus and *begged Him to ^(B)touch him. ²³ Taking the man who was blind by the hand, He ^(C)brought him out of the village; and after ^(D)spitting in his eyes and ^(E)laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” ²⁴ And he ^[b]looked up and said, “I see people, for 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 ^(F)the village.”

Peter’s Confession of Christ

^27 (G)Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of ^(H)Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” ^28 (I)They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” ²⁹ And He continued questioning them: “But who do you say that I am?” ^(J)Peter answered and *said to Him, “You are the ^[c]Christ.” ³⁰ And ^(K)He ^[d]warned them to tell no one about Him.

^31 (L)And He began to teach them that ^(M)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 from the dead. ³² And He was stating the matter ^(N)plainly. 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, ^(O)Satan; for you are not setting your mind on ^[e]God’s purposes, but on man’s.”