Mark 8:21-38

²¹Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?

²²And hee came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blinde man vnto him, and desired him to touch him.

²³Then he tooke the blinde by the hand, and ledde him out of the towne, and spat in his eyes, and put his handes vpon him, and asked him, if he sawe ought.

²⁴And he looked vp, and said, I see men: for I see them walking like trees.

²⁵After that, he put his hands againe vpon his eyes, and made him looke againe. And hee was restored to his sight, and sawe euery man a farre off clearely.

²⁶And hee sent him home to his house, saying, Neither goe into the towne, nor tell it to any in the towne.

²⁷And Iesus went out, and his disciples into the townes of Cesarea Philippi. And by the way hee asked his disciples, saying vnto them, Whome doe men say that I am?

²⁸And they answered, Some say, Iohn Baptist: and some, Elias: and some, one of the Prophets.

²⁹And he said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am? Then Peter answered, and saide vnto him, Thou art that Christ.

³⁰And he sharpely charged them, that concerning him they should tell no man.

³¹Then hee began to teache them that the Sonne of man must suffer many things, and should be reproued of the Elders, and of the hie Priestes, and of the Scribes, and be slaine, and within three dayes rise againe.

³²And he spake that thing boldly. Then Peter tooke him aside, and began to rebuke him.

³³Then he turned backe, and looked on his disciples, and rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behinde me, Satan: for thou vnderstandest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

³⁴And hee called the people vnto him with his disciples, and saide vnto them, Whosoeuer will follow me, let him forsake himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me.

³⁵For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: but whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospels, he shall saue it.

³⁶For what shall it profite a man, though he should winne the whole world, if he lose his soule?

³⁷Or what exchange shall a man giue for his soule?

³⁸For whosoeuer shall be ashamed of mee, and of my wordes among this adulterous and sinfull generation, of him shall the Sonne of man be ashamed also, when he commeth in the glorie of his Father with the holy Angels.