NAS - Mark 8:22-38

²²And they *came to Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *implored Him to touch him. ²³Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, "Do you see anything?"²⁴And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around." ²⁵Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. ²⁶And He sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village."

Peter's Confession of Christ

²⁷Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say that I am?"²⁸They told Him, saying, "John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets." ²⁹And He continued by questioning them, "But who do you say that I am?"Peter *answered and *said to Him, "You are the Christ." ³⁰And He warned them to tell no one about Him.

³¹And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ³²And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. ³³But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, "Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."

³⁴And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.³⁵"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.³⁶"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?³⁷"For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?³⁸"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."