Mark 8:21-38

²¹And he said to them, How do ye not yet understand?

²²And he comes to Bethsaida; and they bring him a blind man, and beseech him that he might touch him.

²³And taking hold of the hand of the blind man he led him forth out of the village, and having spit upon his eyes, he laid his hands upon him, and asked him if he beheld anything.

²⁴And having looked up, he said, I behold men, for I see them, as trees, walking.

²⁵Then he laid his hands again upon his eyes, and he saw distinctly, and was restored and saw all things clearly.

²⁶And he sent him to his house, saying, Neither enter into the village, nor tell it to any one in the village.

²⁷And Jesus went forth and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea-Philippi. And by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am?

²⁸And they answered him, saying, John the baptist; and others, Elias; but others, One of the prophets.

²⁹And he asked them, But ye, who do ye say that I am? And Peter answering says to him, Thou art the Christ.

³⁰And he charged them straitly, in order that they should tell no man about him.

³¹And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and of the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

³²And he spoke the thing openly. And Peter, taking him to him, began to rebuke him.

³³But he, turning round and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Get away behind me, Satan, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.

³⁴And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

³⁵For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.

³⁶For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

³⁷for what should a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man also be ashamed when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.