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 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*1 seek a sign? Most assuredly 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 charged 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, neither
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 spit 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; for I see them like trees
walking.”
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 charged 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 gospel’s 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 the
glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
1 The word
translated “generation” here (genea) could also be translated “people,”
“race,” or “family.”
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