Mark's Gospel: Chapter 8
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
Key words
- Give thanks: the act of saying or showing that you are grateful, especially to God
We give thanks for this food.
- Sigh: to breathe out a deep breath that can be heard, esp. because you are tired, sad, pleased, or bored
She sighed deeply and sat down.
- Leaven: something that modifies or lightens
They eat unleavened bread.
- Take up your cross: to suffer with patience for Jesus
He was willing to take up his cross and face any challenge for his beliefs.
- Ashamed: feeling guilty or embarrassed because you are aware that others know that you, or someone connected with you, has done something wrong
You have nothing to be ashamed of.
Read the article to find the answers
- What did Jesus refuse to do ?
- Who did people think Jesus was?
- Who did the disciples think Jesus was?
- Who will Jesus be ashamed of when He returns?
Jesus feeds 4,000 people
The large crowd following Jesus had nothing to eat, so Jesus called his disciples together and spoke to them:
"I feel sorry for this crowd, because they've been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. Some of them live so far away that if I send them home without food they will faint on the way."
His disciples said it was impossible to find enough bread to feed all these people in such a remote place. So Jesus asked them how many loaves they had. They told Him they had seven.
Jesus told the people to sit on the ground, took the seven loaves, gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to distribute to the crowd. They also had some small fish, which Jesus blessed and told His disciples to distribute as well. About four thousand people ate until they were full, and they gathered seven baskets full of leftovers. Then Jesus sent them on their way.