1 Another|strong="G3825" time|strong="G2250" there|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G3793" with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G0846". The|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793" had|strong="G2192" nothing|strong="G3361" to|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" followers to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004",
2 “I|strong="G1473" feel|strong="G4697" sorry for|strong="G3754" these|strong="G3748" people|strong="G3793". They|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" with|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473" for|strong="G3754" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" nothing|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1909" eat|strong="G2068".
3 I|strong="G1437" should|strong="G5100" not|strong="G2532" send|strong="G0630" them|strong="G0846" home|strong="G3624" hungry|strong="G3523". If|strong="G1437" they|strong="G0846" leave without|strong="G2532" eating, they|strong="G0846" will|strong="G5100" faint|strong="G1590" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" home|strong="G3624". Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846" live a|strong="G1437" long way|strong="G3598" from|strong="G0575" here|strong="G1519".”
4 Jesus’ followers answered|strong="G0611", “But|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3778" are|strong="G3778" far|strong="G3588" away from|strong="G2532" any|strong="G5100" towns. Where|strong="G4159" can|strong="G1410" we|strong="G3778" get enough bread|strong="G0740" to|strong="G1909" feed all|strong="G3588" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G0846"?”
5 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G2065" them|strong="G0846", “How|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" loaves|strong="G0740" of|strong="G3004" bread|strong="G0740" do|strong="G2192" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2192"?”
6 Jesus|strong="G0846" told the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793" to|strong="G2443" sit|strong="G0377" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" ground|strong="G1093". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" seven|strong="G2033" loaves|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" thanks|strong="G2168" to|strong="G2443" God|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" the|strong="G3588" bread|strong="G0740" into|strong="G1909" pieces and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2443" his|strong="G0846" followers. He|strong="G2532" told them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2443" give|strong="G1325" the|strong="G3588" bread|strong="G0740" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" did|strong="G1325" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532".
7 The|strong="G2532" followers also|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" few|strong="G3641" small|strong="G3641" fish|strong="G2485". Jesus|strong="G0846" gave thanks for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2485" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G3004" give|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2485" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G0846".
8 They|strong="G2532" all ate|strong="G2068" until|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" full|strong="G4051". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" followers filled|strong="G5526" seven|strong="G2033" baskets|strong="G4711" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" pieces|strong="G2801" of|strong="G2532" food|strong="G5315" that were|strong="G2532" left|strong="G4051".
9 There|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5613" 4000 men|strong="G0846" who|strong="G0846" ate. After|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" ate, Jesus|strong="G0846" told them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" go|strong="G0630" home.
10 Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2064" boat|strong="G4143" with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G0846" followers to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" area of|strong="G3101" Dalmanutha|strong="G1148".
11 The|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" came|strong="G1831" to|strong="G0757" Jesus|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3985" him|strong="G0846" questions. They|strong="G0846" wanted|strong="G2212" to|strong="G0757" test|strong="G3985" him|strong="G0846". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G3985" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G0757" do|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" miracle|strong="G4592" as|strong="G1831" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="G4592" from|strong="G0575" God|strong="G0846".
12 Jesus|strong="G0846" sighed deeply|strong="G0389" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" people|strong="G0846" ask|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" see a|strong="G1325" miracle|strong="G4592" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1325" sign|strong="G4592"? I|strong="G0281" want|strong="G2212" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G3004" know that|strong="G3004" no|strong="G1487" miracle|strong="G4592" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G2532" done to|strong="G3004" prove anything|strong="G5101" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210".”
13 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" left|strong="G0863" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0565" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" boat to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" lake.
14 The|strong="G3588" followers had|strong="G2192" only|strong="G1487" one|strong="G1520" loaf|strong="G0740" of|strong="G1520" bread|strong="G0740" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143". They|strong="G2532" forgot to|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2983" more|strong="G3756" bread|strong="G0740".
15 Jesus|strong="G0846" warned them|strong="G0846", “Be|strong="G2532" careful|strong="G0991"! Guard|strong="G2532" against|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" yeast|strong="G2219" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" yeast|strong="G2219" of|strong="G0575" Herod|strong="G2264".”
16 The|strong="G2532" followers discussed the|strong="G2532" meaning of|strong="G2192" this|strong="G3748". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3748" because|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" bread|strong="G0740".”
17 Jesus|strong="G0846" knew|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" followers were|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", “Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3588" having|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" bread|strong="G0740"? Do|strong="G2192" you|strong="G5210" still|strong="G2089" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="G1097" or|strong="G3761" understand|strong="G4920"? Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G2192" to|strong="G3004" understand|strong="G4920"?
18 Do|strong="G2192" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" eyes|strong="G3788" that|strong="G0191" can’t|strong="G3756" see|strong="G0991"? Do|strong="G2192" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" ears|strong="G3775" that|strong="G0191" can’t|strong="G3756" hear|strong="G0191"? Remember|strong="G3421" what|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" did|strong="G0191" before, when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" did|strong="G0191" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2192" enough bread?
19 I|strong="G2532" divided five|strong="G4002" loaves|strong="G0740" of|strong="G3004" bread|strong="G0740" for|strong="G1519" 5000 people|strong="G0846". Remember how|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" baskets|strong="G2894" you|strong="G3004" filled|strong="G4134" with|strong="G2532" pieces|strong="G2801" of|strong="G3004" food|strong="G0740" that|strong="G3004" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" eaten?”
20 “And|strong="G2532" when|strong="G3753" I|strong="G2532" divided seven|strong="G2033" loaves of|strong="G3004" bread for|strong="G1519" 4000 people|strong="G0846", how|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" baskets|strong="G4711" did you|strong="G3004" fill with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" leftover pieces|strong="G2801"?”
21 Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G3004" remember these|strong="G0846" things|strong="G0846" I|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4920", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" still|strong="G3768" don’t understand|strong="G4920"?”
22 Jesus|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" followers came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Bethsaida|strong="G0966". Some people|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G5342" a|strong="G2064" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" begged|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" touch|strong="G0681" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5185".
23 So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" held the|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" man’s|strong="G5100" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" led him|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" village|strong="G2968". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" spit on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" man’s|strong="G5100" eyes|strong="G3659". He|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905", “Can you|strong="G1487" see|strong="G0991" now|strong="G2532"?”
24 The|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444" looked|strong="G3708" up|strong="G0308" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Yes, I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" people|strong="G0444". They|strong="G2532" look|strong="G0991" like|strong="G5613" trees|strong="G1186" walking|strong="G4043" around|strong="G4043".”
25 Again|strong="G3825" Jesus|strong="G0846" laid|strong="G2007" his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" man’s eyes|strong="G3788", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" man opened them|strong="G0846" wide. His|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788" were|strong="G3788" healed, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" able to|strong="G1909" see|strong="G1227" everything|strong="G0537" clearly|strong="G1227".
26 Jesus|strong="G0846" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" home|strong="G3624". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Don’t|strong="G3361" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" town|strong="G2532".”
27 Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" followers went|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" towns in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" area of|strong="G3598" Caesarea|strong="G2542" Philippi|strong="G5376". While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" traveling, Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G1905" the|strong="G3588" followers, “Who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G1510" people|strong="G0444" say|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510"?”
28 They|strong="G0846" answered|strong="G3004", “Some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" say|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptizer. Others|strong="G0243" say|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" Elijah|strong="G2243". And|strong="G2532" others|strong="G0243" say|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396".”
29 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G1905", “Who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510"?”
30 Jesus|strong="G0846" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" followers, “Don’t|strong="G3367" tell|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367" who|strong="G0846" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532".”
31 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G0757" teach|strong="G1321" his|strong="G0846" followers that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Man|strong="G0444" must|strong="G1163" suffer|strong="G3958" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G4183". He|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Man|strong="G0444" would|strong="G0846" not|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1163" accepted by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" older|strong="G4245" Jewish leaders|strong="G3754", the|strong="G3588" leading priests|strong="G0749", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" teachers of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" law. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Man|strong="G0444" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1163" killed|strong="G0615" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" rise|strong="G0450" from|strong="G5259" death|strong="G0615" after|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250".
32 Jesus|strong="G0846" told|strong="G2980" them|strong="G0846" everything that|strong="G0846" would|strong="G0846" happen. He|strong="G2532" did not|strong="G2532" keep anything secret.
33 But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G0846" turned|strong="G1994" and|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" at|strong="G1161" his|strong="G0846" followers. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" criticized Peter|strong="G4074". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074", “Get|strong="G5217" away|strong="G5217" from|strong="G0444" me|strong="G3004", Satan|strong="G4567"! You|strong="G3754" don’t|strong="G3756" care about|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" things|strong="G0846" God|strong="G2316" does|strong="G2316". You|strong="G3754" care only|strong="G3756" about|strong="G3588" things|strong="G0846" that|strong="G3754" people|strong="G0444" think|strong="G5426" are|strong="G3588" important.”
34 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" followers to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Any of|strong="G3101" you|strong="G1487" who|strong="G3588" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G2532" my|strong="G0142" follower|strong="G3694" must|strong="G3588" stop thinking about|strong="G3588" yourself|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" want|strong="G2309". You|strong="G1487" must|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" willing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G3004" carry|strong="G0142" the|strong="G3588" cross|strong="G4716" that|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" given to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G1487" for|strong="G2309" following|strong="G0190" me|strong="G3004".
35 Any|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2098" you|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" try to|strong="G2309" save|strong="G4982" the|strong="G3588" life|strong="G5590" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3739" lose|strong="G0622" it|strong="G0846". But|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" give up your|strong="G1437" life|strong="G5590" for|strong="G1063" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2098" News|strong="G2098" will|strong="G3739" save|strong="G4982" it|strong="G0846".
36 It|strong="G0846" is|strong="G5101" worth nothing for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" whole|strong="G3650" world|strong="G2889" if|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" yourself|strong="G0846" are|strong="G3588" lost.
37 You|strong="G1325" could never pay|strong="G1325" enough to|strong="G1325" buy back|strong="G1325" your|strong="G1325" life|strong="G5590".
38 People|strong="G0444" today are|strong="G3778" so|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="G0268". They|strong="G0846" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1870" been|strong="G2532" faithful to|strong="G2064" God|strong="G0846". As|strong="G1722" you|strong="G3739" live among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846", don’t be|strong="G2532" ashamed|strong="G1870" of|strong="G5207" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1699" teaching|strong="G3056". If|strong="G1437" that|strong="G3739" happens, I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G2532" ashamed|strong="G1870" of|strong="G5207" you|strong="G3739" when|strong="G3752" I|strong="G1473" come|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G5207" my|strong="G1699" Father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" holy|strong="G0040" angels|strong="G0032".”