IN those days the multitude being exceedingly great, and having nothing
to eat, Jesus calling his disciples to him, said unto them, (2)I have
compassion on the multitude, for they have stayed with me already three
days, and have nothing to eat: (3)and if I send them away fasting to
their houses, they will faint on the road; for many of them came from a
great distance. (4)His disciples answered him, Whence can a man here in
the desert satisfy these with bread? (5)And he asked them, How many
loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. (6)And he commanded the multitude
to recline in order on the ground: and taking the seven loaves, having
given thanks he brake them, and gave to his disciples, that they should
set before the people; and they distributed them to the multitude.
(7)And they had a few small fishes; and blessing, he commanded to set
these also before them. (8)And they did eat and were filled and they
took up what remained of the fragments, seven baskets. (9)And the
persons who had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
(10)And immediately going into the vessel with his disciples, he came
into the coasts of Dalmanutha.
(11)Then the Pharisees came out, and began to question him, seeking of
him a sign from heaven, tempting him. (12)And fetching a deep sigh from
his very soul, he saith, Why seeketh this generation a sign? verily I
tell you, no sign shall be given to this generation. (13)And leaving
them, going again on board the vessel, he departed to the other side.
(14)And they had forgotten to take bread, and had not with them in the
vessel but a single loaf. (15)And he earnestly charged them, saying,
Beware, take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of
Herod. (16)And they talked the matter over among themselves, saying,
This is because we have no loaves of bread. (17)And Jesus knowing it
said unto them, Why reason ye together, because ye have no loaves? Do
ye not yet consider, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?
(18)Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do
ye not remember? (19)When I broke the five loaves among the five
thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto
him, Twelve. (20)And when the seven loaves among the four thousand, how
many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They said, Seven. (21)And he
said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
(22)And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring him a blind man, and
entreat him that he would touch him. (23)And he took the blind man by
the hand, and led him without the city; and spitting on his eyes, he
laid his hands upon him, and asked him if he saw aught. (24)And looking
up, he said, I see men walking, as trees. (25)Then again he put his
hands upon his eyes, and made him look up again: and he was entirely
restored, and saw all men distinctly. (26)And he sent him away unto his
own house, saying, Neither enter thou into the city, nor speak to any
in the city.
(27)And Jesus and his disciples went out into the towns of Caesarea
Philippi: and on the road he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who
do men say that I am? (28)And they answered, John the Baptist: others
say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. (29)And he said unto them,
But who do ye say that I am? Then Peter answering, said unto him, Thou
art the Messiah. (30)And he strictly enjoined them, that they should
tell no man of this.
(31)And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes,
and be slain, and after three days rise again. (32)And he spake this
saying openly. And Peter taking him aside, began to remonstrate with
him. (33)But he turned himself around, and seeing his disciples, he
rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou dost not
relish the things which are of God, but those that are of men.
(34)Then calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to
them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me. (35)For whosoever would preserve his life
shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake and the
Gospel, he shall preserve it. (36)For what would it profit a man,
though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the loss
of his own soul? (37)Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
(38)For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, before this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him will the Son of man also be
ashamed, when he shall come in the glory of his Father, with the holy
angels.