1 In those days, when there wasa very large crowd that had nothing to eat, Jesus calledhis disciples over and said to them,
4 His disciples answered him, “How can anyone feed these people with bread here in the wilderness?”
5 He asked them,They said, “Seven.”
6 So he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they set them before the crowd.
7 They also had a few small fish. After blessing the fish, Jesus told the disciples to set them before the crowd as well.
8 The people ate and were filled, and the disciples picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.
9 There were about four thousand menwho had eaten. After sending them away,
10 Jesus immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
11 Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him.
12 Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said,
13 Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went away to the other side of the sea.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had nothing with them in the boat except for one loaf.
15 Then Jesus gave them strict orders, saying,
16 So they discussedthis with one another, saying, “He must have said this because we have no bread.”
17 Aware of this, Jesus said to them,
19 They said to him, “Twelve.”
20 Theysaid, “Seven.”
21 Then he said to them,
22 WhenJesus came to Bethsaida, some people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
23 So he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then he spit on the man's eyes, laid his hands on him, and askedhim if he saw anything.
24 The man looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees walking around.”
25 So Jesus put his hands on the man's eyesagain and had him look up. Then the man's sight was restored, and he saweveryone clearly.
26 And Jesus sent him away to his house, saying,
27 Then Jesus went on to the villages of Caesarea Philippi along with his disciples. On the way he asked his disciples,
28 Theyanswered, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others say that yoʋ are one of the prophets.”
29 Hesaid to them,Peter answered him, “Yoʋ are the Christ.”
30 And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
31 Then 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 that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
32 He was stating the matter plainly, so Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying,
34 Then he called the crowd over, along with his disciples, and said to them,