Mark 8:12-33

¹²And sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”

¹³And having dismissed them, and stepping into the boat again, He went away to the other side.

¹⁴And they forgot to take bread, and except for one loaf, they did not have any with themselves in the boat.

¹⁵Then He charged them, saying, “Look out, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

¹⁶And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, “Because we have no bread.”

¹⁷But Jesus, knowing about it, said to them, “Why are you reasoning because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened?

¹⁸Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

¹⁹When 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“And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments did you take up?” And they said, “Seven.”

²¹So He said to them, “How is it you do not understand?”

²²Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and implored Him to touch him.

²³And having taken the hand of the blind man, He led him outside the village, and having spit on his eyes, and having laid His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.

²⁴And when he looked up he said, “I see men like trees, walking.”

²⁵Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him to look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly again.

²⁶Then He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”

²⁷Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He was questioning His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men pronounce Me to be?”

²⁸So they answered, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

²⁹He said to them, “But who do you pronounce Me to be?” Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

³⁰Then He warned them that they should tell no one about Him.

³¹And He began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise.

³²He was speaking this word with boldness. And Peter, taking Him aside, began to rebuke Him.

³³But when He had turned and saw His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”