1Inthosedays the multitudebeing very great, andhavingnothing to eat, Jesuscalledhisdisciples unto him, andsaith unto them,
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I havecompassionon the multitude, because they havenowbeen with methreedays, andhavenothing to eat:
3Andif I sendthemawayfastingto their ownhouses, they will faintby the way: fordivers of themcame from far.
4Andhisdisciplesansweredhim, From whencecan a mansatisfythese men with breadherein the wilderness?
5And he askedthem, How manyloaves have ye?And they said, Seven.
6And he commanded the peopleto sit downon the ground: and he took the sevenloaves, andgavethanks, andbrake, andgavetohisdisciplesto set before them; and they did set them before the people.
7And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, andcommanded to setthemalsobeforethem.
8So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was leftsevenbaskets.
9And they that had eatenwereabout four thousand: and he sentthemaway.
10Andstraightway he enteredinto a shipwithhisdisciples, andcameinto the parts of Dalmanutha.
11And the Pharisees came forth, andbegan to question with him, seekingofhim a signfromheaven, temptinghim.
12And he sighed deeply in hisspirit, andsaith, Whydoththisgeneration seek after a sign?verily I say unto you, There shall nosign be given unto thisgeneration.
13And he leftthem, andenteringinto the shipagaindepartedto the other side.
14Now the disciples hadforgotten to takebread, neitherhad they in the shipwiththem more thanoneloaf.
15And he chargedthem, saying, Take heed, bewareof the leavenof the Pharisees, andof the leavenofHerod.
16And they reasonedamongthemselves, saying, It is because we havenobread.
17And when Jesusknew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, becauseyehavenobread? perceive ye not yet, neitherunderstand?haveyeyourheartyethardened?
18Havingeyes, see yenot?andhavingears, hear yenot?and do yenotremember?
19When I brake the fiveloavesamongfivethousand, how manybasketsfull of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20Andwhen the sevenamong four thousand, how manybasketsfull of fragments took ye up?And they said, Seven.
21And he said unto them, How is it that ye donotunderstand?
22And he comethtoBethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, andbesoughthimtotouchhim.
23And he took the blind man by the hand, andledhim out of the town; and when he had spitonhiseyes, andputhishands upon him, he askedhimif he sawought.
24And he looked up, andsaid, I seemenastrees, walking.
25After that he puthishandsagainuponhiseyes, andmadehim look up: and he was restored, andsaw every manclearly.
26And he senthimawaytohishouse, saying, Neithergointo the town, nortell it toanyin the town.
27AndJesus went out, andhisdisciples, into the towns of CaesareaPhilippi: andby the way he askedhisdisciples, saying unto them, Whomdomensay that Iam?
28And they answered, John the Baptist: butsome say, Elias; andothers, One of the prophets.
29Andhesaith unto them, Butwhomsayye that Iam?AndPeteranswerethandsaith unto him, Thouart the Christ.
30And he chargedthemthat they should tell no manofhim.
31And he began to teachthem, that the Sonofmanmustsuffer many things, and be rejectedof the elders, andof the chief priests, andscribes, and be killed, andafterthreedays rise again.
32And he spake that sayingopenly. AndPetertookhim, andbegan to rebukehim.
33But when he had turned aboutandlooked on hisdisciples, he rebukedPeter, saying, Get theebehindme, Satan: for thou savourestnot the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34And when he had called the people unto him withhisdisciples also, he said unto them, Whosoeverwillcomeafterme, let him denyhimself, and take uphiscross, andfollowme.
35Forwhosoeverwillsavehislife shall loseit; butwhosoever shall losehislifefor my sakeand the gospel's, the same shall saveit.
36Forwhat shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the wholeworld, andlose his ownsoul?
37Orwhatshall a mangive in exchange for hissoul?
38Whosoeverthereforeshall be ashamed of meand of mywordsinthisadulterousandsinfulgeneration; of himalsoshall the Son of man be ashamed, when he comethin the glory of hisFatherwith the holyangels.