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1 In
those days, when
there was a
very great
multitude, and
they had nothing
to eat, Jesus
called his
disciples to
himself and said
to them,
2 “I have
compassion on
the multitude,
because they
have stayed with
me now three
days and have
nothing to eat.
3 If I send them
away fasting to
their home, they
will faint on
the way, for
some of them
have come a long
way.”
4 His
disciples answered him, “From
where could one
satisfy these
people with bread
here in a deserted
place?”
5 He
asked them,
“How many loaves
do you
have?”
They said, “Seven.”
6 He
commanded the
multitude to sit down
on the ground,
and he took
the seven loaves.
Having given
thanks, he broke
them and gave
them to his
disciples to serve,
and they served
the multitude.
7 They
also had a
few small fish.
Having blessed
them, he said
to serve these
also.
8 They
ate and were
filled. They took
up seven baskets
of broken pieces
that were left
over.
9 Those
who had eaten were
about four
thousand. Then he
sent them away.
10 Immediately
he entered into
the boat with
his disciples and
came into
the region of
Dalmanutha.
11 The
Pharisees came out
and began to
question him,
seeking from him
a sign from
heaven and testing
him.
12 He sighed
deeply in his
spirit and said,
“Why does this
generation
seek a sign?
Most certainly I
tell you, no
sign will be
given to this
generation.”
13 He left
them, and again
entering into
the boat, departed to
the other side.
14 They forgot
to take bread; and
they didn’t have
more than one loaf
in the boat
with them.
15 He warned
them, saying,
“Take heed:
beware of the
yeast of the
Pharisees and
the yeast of
Herod.”
16 They
reasoned with
one another, saying, “It’s because we
have no bread.”
17 Jesus,
perceiving it,
said to them,
“Why do you
reason that it’s
because you have
no bread? Don’t
you perceive yet
or understand?
Is your heart
still hardened?
18 Having eyes, don’t
you see? Having
ears, don’t you hear? Don’t
you remember?
19 When I broke
the five loaves
among the five
thousand, how
many baskets
full of broken
pieces did you
take up?”
They told him, “Twelve.”
20 “When the
seven loaves fed the
four thousand,
how many baskets
full of broken
pieces did you
take up?”
They told him, “Seven.”
21 He
asked them,
“Don’t you understand
yet?”
22 He
came to Bethsaida.
They brought a
blind man to
him and begged
him to touch him.
23 He
took hold of
the blind man
by the hand,
and brought him
out of the
village. When he
had spat on
his eyes, and
laid his hands
on him, he
asked him if
he saw anything.
24 He
looked up, and
said, “I see
men, but I
see them like
walking trees.”
25 Then
again he laid
his hands on
his eyes. He
looked intently,
and was restored,
and saw everyone
clearly.
26 He
sent him away to
his house, saying,
“Don’t enter
into the village,
nor tell anyone
in the
village.”
27 Jesus
went out, with
his disciples,
into the villages
of Caesarea
Philippi. On the
way he asked
his disciples,
“Who do men
say that I
am?”
28 They
told him, “John
the Baptizer, and
others say Elijah,
but others, one
of the prophets.”
29 He
said to them,
“But who do
you say that
I am?”
Peter answered, “You
are the Christ.”
30 He
commanded them
that they should
tell no one
about him.
31 He began
to teach them
that the Son
of Man must
suffer many things,
and be rejected by
the elders, the
chief priests, and
the scribes, and
be killed, and
after three days
rise again.
32 He
spoke to them
openly. Peter took
him and began to
rebuke him.
33 But
he, turning around
and seeing his
disciples, rebuked
Peter, and said,
“Get behind me,
Satan! For you
have in mind
not the things
of God, but
the things of
men.”
34 He
called the
multitude to
himself with his
disciples and said
to them,
“Whoever wants
to come after
me, let him
deny himself,
and take up
his cross, and
follow me.
35 For whoever
wants to save
his life
will lose it;
and whoever
will lose his
life for my
sake and the
sake of the
Good News will
save it.
36 For what does
it profit a
man to gain
the whole world
and forfeit his
life?
37 For what will
a man give
in exchange for
his life?
38 For whoever
will be ashamed
of me and
of my words
in this
adulterous and sinful
generation, the
Son of Man
also will be
ashamed of him
when he comes
in his Father’s
glory with
the holy angels.”