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Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

^1 (a)In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, ^2 (b)"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. ³ And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away." ⁴ And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?" ⁵ And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, ^(c)"Seven." ⁶ And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and ^(d)having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. ⁷ And they had a few small fish. And ^(e)having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. ⁸ And ^(f)they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, ^(g)seven baskets full. ⁹ And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. ¹⁰ And immediately he got into ^(h)the boat with his disciples and went to the district of ⁽ⁱ⁾Dalmanutha.^[a]

The Pharisees Demand a Sign

^11 (j)The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, ^(k)seeking from him ^(l)a sign from heaven ^(m)to test him. ¹² And ⁽ⁿ⁾he sighed deeply ^(o)in his spirit and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation." ¹³ And ^(p)he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

¹⁴ Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. ¹⁵ And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; ^(q)beware of ^(r)the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of ^(s)Herod."^{[b] 16} And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. ¹⁷ And ^(t)Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? ^(u)Do you not yet perceive ^(v)or understand? ^(w)Are your hearts hardened? ^18 (x)Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? ¹⁹ When I broke ^(y)the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve." ²⁰ "And ^(z)the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven." ²¹ And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

²² And they came ^(aa)to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. ²³ And ^(ab)he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when ^(ac)he had ^(ad)spit on his eyes and ^(ae)laid his hands on him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?" ²⁴ And he looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees, walking." ²⁵ Then Jesus^[c] laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ²⁶ And he sent him to his home, saying, ^(af)"Do not even enter the village."

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

^27 (ag)And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" ²⁸ And they told him, ^(ah)"John the Baptist; and others say, ^(ai)Elijah; and others, one of the prophets." ²⁹ And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, ^(aj)"You are ^(ak)the Christ." ^30 (al)And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

^31 (am)And he began to teach them that ^(an)the Son of Man must ^(ao)suffer many things and ^(ap)be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and ^(aq)after three days rise again. ³² And he said this ^(ar)plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. ³³ But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ^(as)"Get behind me, Satan! For you ^(at)are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."

³⁴ And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him ^(au)deny himself and ^(av)take up his cross and follow me. ³⁵ For ^(aw)whoever would save his life^[d] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake ^(ax)and the gospel's will save it. ^36 (ay)For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? ³⁷ For ^(az)what can a man give in return for his soul? ³⁸ For ^(ba)whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this ^(bb)adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed ^(bc)when he comes in the glory of his Father with ^(bd)the holy angels."