Mark 8:22-38 (KJV)
[22] And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring
a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
[23] And he took the blind man by the hand, and led
him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes,
and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
[24] And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
[25] After that he put his hands again upon his eyes,
and made him look up: and he was restored,
and saw every man clearly.
[26] And he sent him away to his house, saying,
Neither go into the town, nor tell
it to any in the town.
[27] And Jesus went out, and his disciples,
into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by
the way he asked his disciples, saying
unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
[28] And they answered, John the Baptist;
but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
[29] And he saith unto them, But whom say ye
that I am? And Peter answereth and
saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
[30] And he charged them that they
should tell no man of him.
[31] And 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 scribes, and be killed,
and after three days rise again.
[32] And he spake that saying openly.
And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
[33] But when he had turned about and looked
on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest
not the things that be of God, but the
things that be of men.
[34] And when he had called the people unto
him with his disciples also, he said unto them,
Whosoever will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
[35] For whosoever will save his life shall
lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life
for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
[36] For what shall it profit a man, if he shall
gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
[37] Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
[38] Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me
and of my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation; of him also shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father
with the holy angels.
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May God bless you immeasurably!
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