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him a man who was deaf and ­could hard­ly
talk, and they ­begged ­Jesus to ­place his
hand on him.
33  Af­ter he took him ­a side, away from
the ­crowd, ­Jesus put his fin­gers into the
man’s ears. Then he spit and ­touched the
man’s ­tongue. 34  He ­looked up to heav­en
and with a deep sigh said to him, “Eph­
pha­tha!” (which ­means “Be ­opened!”).
35  At this, the ­m an’s ears were ­opened,
his ­tongue was loos­ened and he be­gan to
speak plain­ly.
36  Jesus com­m and­e d them not to tell
any­one. But the more he did so, the more
they kept talk­ing ­about it. 37  Peo­ple were
over­whelmed with amaze­ment. “He has
done ev­ery­thing well,” they said. “He even
makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
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Dur­ing ­t hose days an­oth­er ­large
c rowd gath­ered. ­Since they had
noth­i ng to eat, ­Jesus ­c alled his
dis­ci­ples to him and said, 2  “I have com­
pas­sion for ­these peo­ple; they have al­ready
been with me ­three days and have noth­ing
to eat. 3  If I send them home hun­gry, they
will col­lapse on the way, be­cause some of
them have come a long dis­tance.”
4  His dis­c i­ples an­s wered, “But ­where in
this re­mote ­place can any­one get ­enough
bread to feed them?”
5  “How many ­loaves do you have?” ­Jesus
asked.
“Sev­en,” they re­plied.
6  He told the ­c rowd to sit down on the
g round. When he had tak­en the sev­en
loaves and giv­en ­t hanks, he ­broke them
and gave them to his dis­ci­ples to dis­trib­ute
to the peo­ple, and they did so. 7  They had
a few ­small fish as well; he gave ­t hanks
for them also and told the dis­ci­ples to dis­
trib­ute them. 8  The peo­ple ate and were
sat­is­f ied. Af­ter­ward the dis­ci­ples ­picked
up sev­en bas­ket­f uls of bro­ken piec­es that
were left over. 9  About four thou­sand were
pres­ent. After he had sent them away,
10  he got into the boat with his dis­c i­ples
and went to the re­gion of Dal­ma­nu­tha.
11  The Phar­i ­s ees came and be­g an to
ques­t ion ­Jesus. To test him, they ­asked
him for a sign from heav­en. 12  He ­sighed
deep­ly and said, “Why does this gen­er­
a­t ion ask for a sign? Tru­ly I tell you, no
sign will be giv­en to it.” 13  Then he left
them, got back into the boat and ­crossed
to the oth­er side.
The Yeast of the Pharisees
and Herod
14  The dis­c i­ples had for­got­ten to ­bring
­ read, ex­cept for one loaf they had with
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them in the boat. 15  “Be care­f ul,” ­Jesus
warned them. “Watch out for the ­yeast of
the Phar­i­sees and that of Her­od.”
16  They dis­c ussed this with one an­oth­er
and said, “It is be­cause we have no bread.”
17  Aware of ­t heir dis­c us­sion, ­Jesus ­asked
them: “Why are you talk­ing ­about hav­ing
no ­bread? Do you ­still not see or un­der­
stand? Are your ­hearts hard­ened? 18  Do
you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but
fail to hear? And ­don’t you re­mem­ber?
19  When I ­broke the five ­loaves for the five
thou­sand, how many bas­ket­f uls of piec­es
did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they re­plied.
20  “And when I ­broke the sev­en ­loaves
for the four thou­sand, how many bas­ket­
fuls of piec­es did you pick up?”
They an­swered, “Sev­en.”
21  He said to them, “Do you ­still not
un­der­stand?”
Jesus Heals a Blind Man
at Bethsaida
22  They came to Beth­sa­i­d a, and some
peo­ple ­brought a ­blind man and ­begged
Jesus to ­touch him. 23  He took the ­blind
man by the hand and led him out­side the
vil­lage. When he had spit on the ­man’s
eyes and put his ­hands on him, ­Jesus
asked, “Do you see any­thing?”
24  He ­looked up and said, “I see peo­ple;
they look like ­trees walk­ing around.”
25  Once more ­Jesus put his ­hands on the
man’s eyes. Then his eyes were ­opened,
his ­sight was re­stored, and he saw ev­ery­
thing clear­ly. 26  ­Jesus sent him home, say­
ing, “Don’t even go into  a the vil­lage.”
Peter Declares That Jesus Is
the Messiah
27  Jesus
and his dis­ci­ples went on to the
vil­lag­es ­around Caes­a­rea Phi­lip­pi. On the
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