1 In those days there was
2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat.
3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes they will give out on the way, and some of them have come from far away.”
4 And his disciples answered him, “Where is anyone able to feed these
5 And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” So they said, “Seven.”
6 And he commanded the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, and taking the seven loaves,
7 And they had a few small fish, and
8 And they ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces that were left, seven baskets
9 Now there were about four thousand. And he sent them away.
10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples
11 And the Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding from him a sign from heaven
12 And sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!”
13 And he left them, got into
14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and except
15 And he ordered them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod!”
16 And they began to discuss with one another that they had no bread.
17 And knowing
19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”
20 “When
21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
22 And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a blind man and implored him that he would touch him.
23 And he took hold of the blind man’s hand
24 And looking up he said, “I see people, for I see
25 Then he placed his
26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.”
27 And Jesus and his disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say
28 And they told him, saying, “John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that
29 And he asked them, “But who do you say
30 And he warned them that they should tell no one about him.
31 And he began to teach them that it was necessary
32 And he was speaking openly
33 But turning around and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan, because you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of people!”
34 And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me and of the gospel will save it.
36 For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
37 For what can a person give in exchange for his life?
38 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”