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and gave them to his dis­ci­ples to dis­trib­
ute to the peo­ple, and they did so. 7 They
had a few ­small fish as well; he gave ­thanks
for them also and told the dis­ci­ples to dis­
trib­ute them. 8 The peo­ple ate and were
sat­is­fied. Af­ter­ward the dis­ci­ples ­picked
up sev­en bas­ket­fuls 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 dis­ci­ples and
went to the re­gion of Dal­ma­nu­tha.
11 The Phar­i­sees came and be­gan to ques­
tion ­Jesus. To test him, they a
­ sked him for
a sign from heav­en. 12 He s ­ ighed deep­ly and
said, “Why does this gen­er­a­tion 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 c ­ rossed to the oth­er side.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
14   The dis­ci­ples had for­got­ten to ­bring
­ read, ex­cept for one loaf they had with
b
them in the boat. 15 “Be care­ful,” ­Jesus
­warned them. “Watch out for the ­yeast of
the Phar­i­sees and that of Her­od.”
16 They dis­cussed this with one an­oth­er
and said, “It is be­cause we have no bread.”
17   Aware of ­their dis­cus­sion, ­Jesus ­asked
them: “Why are you talk­ing a
­ bout hav­ing
no ­bread? Do you s ­ till 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 l ­ oaves for the five thou­
sand, how many bas­ket­fuls of piec­es did
you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they re­plied.
20 “And when I b
­ roke the sev­en ­loaves for
the four thou­sand, how many bas­ket­fuls of
piec­es did you pick up?”
They an­swered, “Sev­en.”
21 He said to them, “Do you ­still not un­
der­stand?”
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Beth­sa­i­da, and some
peo­ple ­brought a b
­ lind 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 m
­ an’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 ev­ery­thing
clear­ly. 26 ­Jesus sent him home, say­ing,
“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
way he a
­ sked them, “Who do peo­ple say
I am?”
28 They re­plied, “Some say John the Bap­
tist; oth­ers say Eli­jah; and s ­ till oth­ers, one
of the proph­ets.”
29 “But what ­about you?” he a
­ sked. “Who
do you say I am?”
Pe­ter an­swered, “You are the Mes­si­ah.”
30 ­Jesus ­warned them not to tell any­one
about him.
Jesus Predicts His Death
31 He then be­gan to ­teach them that the
Son of Man must suf­fer many t ­ hings and
be re­ject­ed by the el­ders, the ­chief ­priests
and the teach­ers of the law, and that he
must be ­killed and af­ter ­three days rise
­ bout this, and
­again. 32 He s ­ poke plain­ly a
Pe­ter took him ­aside and be­gan to re­buke
him.
33 But when ­Jesus ­turned and l ­ ooked at
his dis­ci­ples, he re­buked Pe­ter. “Get be­hind
me, Sa­tan!” he said. “You do not have in
mind the con­cerns of God, but mere­ly hu­
man con­cerns.”
The Way of the Cross
34 Then he ­called the ­crowd to him a
­ long
with his dis­
ci­
ples and said: “Who­ev­er
wants to be my dis­ci­ple must deny them­
selves and take up ­their c ­ ross and fol­low
me. 35 For who­ev­er ­wants to save ­their life  b
will lose it, but who­ev­er los­es ­their life for
me and for the gos­pel will save it. 36 What
good is it for some­one to gain the ­whole
world, yet for­feit their soul? 37 Or what can
any­one give in ex­change for their soul? 38 If
any­one is ­ashamed of me and my ­words in
this adul­ter­ous and sin­ful gen­er­a­tion, the
Son of Man will be a
­ shamed of them when
he ­comes in his Fa­ther’s glo­ry with the holy
an­gels.”
And he said to them, “Tru­ly I tell you,
some who are stand­ing here will not
taste ­death be­fore they see that the king­
dom of God has come with pow­er.”
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The Transfiguration
2   Af­ter six days ­Jesus took Pe­ter, ­James
and John with him and led them up a
high moun­tain, ­where they were all a
­ lone.
a  26 
Some manuscripts go and tell anyone in   
The Greek word means either life or soul  ; also
in verses 36 and 37.   
b  35