1At that time the crowd being very numerous, and having no food, he called his disciple, and said to them, 2I have compassion on the multitude; for they attend me now three days, and have nothing to eat; 3and if I send them home fasting, their strength will fail by the way; for some of them have come from afar. 4His disciples answered, Whence can we supply these people with bread here in the desert? 5He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, Seven. 6Then commanding the multitude to place themselves upon the ground, he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples, that they might distribute them to the people, and they distributed them. 7They had also a few small fishes, which, after blessing, he likewise ordered to be presented. 8So they eat, and were satisfied; and the fragments which remained, were carried off in seven hand-baskets. 9Now they who had eat were about four thousand. 10Having dismissed them, he immediately embarked with his disciples, and went into the territory of Dalmanutha. 11Thence some Pharisees came, who began to argue with him; and in order to prove him, demanded of him a sign in the sky. 12Jesus answered with a deep groan, Wherefore does this generation require a sign? Indeed, I say to you, that no sign shall be given to this generation. 13After that, leaving them, he re-embarked and returned. 14Now the disciples had forgot to bring bread, having only one loaf with them in the bark. 15Then Jesus gave them this caution: Attend; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16They reflecting upon it, said among themselves, It is because we have no bread. 17Jesus remarking it, said to them, Why do you make this reflection, hat you have no bread? Are you yet so thoughtless, so inattentive? 18Is your understanding still blinded? Have you no us of your eyes, or of your ears? or do you not remember 19when I distributed the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you carry off? They answered, Twelve. 20And when the seven among four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of the fragments did you carry off? They said, Seven. 21How then is it, proceeded he, that you do not apprehend me? 22When Jesus came to Bethsaida, they brought to him a blind man, whom they entreated him to touch. 23He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village. Then having put spittle on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him whether he saw. 24Having looked up, he said, I see men, as trees walking. 25And Jesus laid his hands upon the man's eyes, and made him look again. And he was so perfectly cured, as to see every object clearly. 26And Jesus sent him home, saying, Neither go into the village, nor tell anything to any of the villagers. 27Jesus went thence with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and by the way asked them, saying, Who do men say that I am? 28They answered, John the Immerser; but some say, Elijah; and others, One of the prophets. 29He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Peter answering, said to him, You are the Messiah. 30Then he charged them to tell no person this concerning him. 31And he began to inform them, that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and that in three days he must rise again. 32This he spoke so plainly, that Peter, taking him aside, reproved him. 33But he turning, and looking on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Get you hence, adversary, for you do not relish the things of God, but the things of men. 34Then having called both to the people, and to his disciples, he said, Is any willing to come under my guidance? Let him renounce himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35For whosoever would save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life, for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it. 36What would it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, with the forfeit of his life? 37or what will a man not give in ransom for his life? 38For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him likewise the Son of man will be ashamed, when he shall come in the glory of his Father, accompanied by the holy angels.