Feeding 4,000
1 Inthose days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summonedthe disciplesand said to them,
2 “I have compassionon the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them home hungry,they will collapse on the way,and some of them have come a long distance.”
4 His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fillthese people? ”
5 “How many loaves do you have? ”He asked them.
“Seven,” they said.
6 Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, brokethe loaves, and kept on giving them to His disciples to set before the people. So they served the loaves to the crowd.
7 They also had a few small fish, and when He had blessed them, He said these were to be served as well.
8 They ate and were filled. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.
9 About 4,000 men were there. He dismissed them
10 and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
11 ThePhariseescame out and began to argue with Him, demanding of Him a signfrom heavento testHim.
12 But sighing deeply in His spirit,He said,“Why does this generationdemand a sign? I assure you:No sign will be given to this generation! ”
13 Then He left them, got on board the boat again, and went to the other side.
14 They had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat.
15 ThenHe commanded them:“Watch out! Beware of the yeastof the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”
16 They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread.
17 Aware of this, He said to them,“Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened?
18 Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear?And do you not remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect? ”
“Twelve,” they told Him.
20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect? ”
“Seven,” they said.
21 And He said to them,“Don’t you understand yet? ”
Healing a Blind Man
22 Then they came to Bethsaida.They brought a blindman to Him and begged Him to touch him.
23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spittingon his eyes and laying His hands onhim, He asked him,“Do you see anything? ”
24 He looked up and said, “I see people — they look to me like trees walking.”
25 Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly.
26 Then He senthim home, saying,“Don’t even go into the village.”
Peter’s Confession of the Messiah
27 Jesuswent out with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road He asked His disciples,“Who do people say that I am? ”
28 They answered Him, “John the Baptist;others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”
29 “But you,”He asked them again,“who do you say that I am? ”
Peteranswered Him, “You are the Messiah! ”
30 And He strictly warnedthem to tell no one about Him.
His Death and Resurrection Predicted
31 ThenHe began to teach them that the Son of Manmust suffer many things and be rejectedby the elders,the chief priests, and the scribes,be killed, and riseafter three days.
32 He was openly talking about this. So Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
33 But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said,“Get behind Me, Satan,because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns,but man’s! ”
Take Up Your Cross
34 Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them,“If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself,take up his cross,and follow Me.
35 For whoever wants to savehis life will lose it,but whoever loseshis lifebecause of Meand the gospelwill save it.
36 For what does it benefita man to gainthe whole worldyet losehis life?
37 What can a man give in exchange for his life?
38 For whoever is ashamedof Me and of My wordsin this adulterous and sinfulgeneration,the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the gloryof His Fatherwith the holyangels.”
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