“Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given this generation.” Mark 8:12b&c

“Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember?” Mark 8:17b-18

“He asked them, ’But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’” Mark 8:29

“He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.’” Mark 8:34-35

“This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” Mark 9:7b

“Jesus said to him, ‘If you are able! – All things can be done for the one who believes.’” Mark 9:23

“He said to them, ‘This kind can only come out through prayer and fasting.’” Mark 9:29

“He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‘Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.’” Mark 9:35

“For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good: but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” Mark 9:49-50