1. In those days the multitude being very
great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him
and saith unto them,
2. I have compassion
on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and
have nothing to eat:
3. And if I send
them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the
way: for divers of them came from far.
4. And his disciples answered him, From
whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
5. And he asked them,
How
many loaves have ye? And they
said, Seven.
6. And he commanded the people to sit down
on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and
brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set
them before the people.
7. And they had a few small fishes: and he
blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
8. So they did eat, and were filled: and
they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
9. And they that had eaten were about four
thousand: and he sent them away.
10. And straightway he entered into a ship
with his disciples, and came unto the parts of Dal-ma-nu-tha.
11. And the Pharisees came forth, and began
to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
12. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and
saith, Why doth this generation seek after a
sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this
generation.
13. And he left them, and entering into the
ship again departed to the other side.
14. Now the disciples had forgotten to take
bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
15. And he charged them, saying,
Take
heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of
Herod.
16. And they reasoned among themselves,
saying, It is because we have no bread.
17. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto
them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread?
perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet
hardened?
18. Having eyes,
see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
19. When I brake the
five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20. And when the
seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up? And they said, Seven.
21. And he said unto them,
How
is it that ye do not understand?
22. And he cometh to Beth-sa-i-da; and they
bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
23. And he took the blind man by the hand,
and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put
his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught.
24. And he looked up, and said, I see men
as trees, walking.
25. After that he put his hands again upon
his eyes, and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man
clearly.
26. And he sent him away to his house,
saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to
any in the town.
27. And Jesus went out, and his disciples,
into the towns of Caesarea Phi-lip-pi: and by the way he asked his
disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say
that I am?
28. And they answered, John the Baptist:
but some say, E-li-as; and others, One of the prophets.
29. And he saith unto them,
But
whom say ye that I am? And
Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30. And he charged them that they should
tell no man of him.
31. And he began to teach them, that the
Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and
of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days
rise again.
32. And he spake that saying openly. and
Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33. But when he had turned about and looked
on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get
thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of
God, but the things that be of men.
34. And when he had called the people unto
him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me.
35. For whosoever will save
his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake
and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36. For what shall it
profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37. Or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul?
38. Whosoever
therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous
and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
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