In those
days the multitude being very great, and having
nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto
him, and saith unto them,
02 I have compassion on the
multitude, because they have now been with me
three days, and have nothing to eat:
03 And if I send them away
fasting to their own houses, they will faint by
the way: for divers of them came from far.
04 And his disciples answered him,
From whence can a man satisfy these men with
bread here in the wilderness?
05 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they
said, Seven.
06 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.
07 And they had a few small fishes: and he
blessed, and commanded to set them also before
them.
08 So they did eat, and were filled: and they
took up of the broken meat that was left seven
baskets.
09 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 into the parts of
Dalmanutha.
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.
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21 And he said unto them, How is
it that ye do not understand?
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; 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 ought.
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 Philippi:
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, Elias; 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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