Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People
(Matthew 15.32–39)
1 Not long afterward another
large crowd came together.
When the people had nothing left to
eat, Jesus called the disciples to him
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and said,
2 “I feel sorry for these people,
because they have been with me
for three days and now have nothing
to eat.
3 If I send them home without
feeding them, they will faint as they
go, because some of them have
come a long way.”
4 His disciples asked him, “Where
in this desert can anyone find
enough food to feed all these people?”
5 “How much bread do you
have?” Jesus asked.
5 “Seven loaves,” they answered.
6 He ordered the crowd to sit
down on the ground. Then he took
the seven loaves, gave thanks to
God, broke them, and gave them to
his disciples to distribute to the
crowd; and the disciples did so.
7 They also had a few small fish.
Jesus gave thanks for these and told
the disciples to distribute them too.
8
9 Everybody ate and had enough—
there were about four thousand people.
Then the disciples took up seven
baskets full of pieces left over. Jesus
sent the people away
10 and at once
got into a boat with his disciples and
went to the district of Dalmanutha.
The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle
(Matthew 16.1–4)
11 Some Pharisees came to Jesus
and started to argue with him. They
wanted to trap him, so they asked
him to perform a miracle to show
that God approved of him. note
12 But
Jesus gave a deep groan and said,
“Why do the people of this day ask
for a miracle? No, I tell you! No such
proof will be given to these people!”
note
13 He left them, got back into the
boat, and started across to the other
side of the lake.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and
of Herod
(Matthew 16.5–12)
14 The disciples had forgotten to
bring enough bread and had only
one loaf with them in the boat.
15 “Take care,” Jesus warned them,
“and be on your guard against the
yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast
of Herod.” note
16 They started discussing among
themselves: “He says this because
we don't have any bread.”
17 Jesus knew what they were saying,
so he asked them, “Why are you
discussing about not having any
bread? Don't you know or understand
yet? Are your minds so dull?
18 You have eyes—can't you see?
You have ears—can't you hear?
Don't you remember
19 when I broke
the five loaves for the five thousand
people? How many baskets full of
leftover pieces did you take up?” note
19 “Twelve,” they answered.
20 “And when I broke the seven
loaves for the four thousand people,”
asked Jesus, “how many baskets
full of leftover pieces did you
take up?”
20 “Seven,” they answered.
21 “And you still don't understand?”
he asked them.
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Bethsaida, where
some people brought a blind man to
Jesus and begged him to touch him.
23 Jesus took the blind man by the
hand and led him out of the village.
After spitting on the man's eyes,
Jesus placed his hands on him and
asked him, “Can you see anything?”
24 The man looked up and said,
“Yes, I can see people, but they look
like trees walking around.”
25 Jesus again placed his hands on
the man's eyes. This time the man
looked intently, his eyesight returned,
and he saw everything
clearly.
26 Jesus then sent him home
with the order, “Don't go back into
the village.”
Peter's Declaration about Jesus
(Matthew 16.13–20; Luke 9.18–21)
27 Then Jesus and his disciples
went away to the villages near Caesarea
Philippi. On the way he asked
them, “Tell me, who do people say I
am?”
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28 “Some say that you are John the
Baptist,” they answered; “others say
that you are Elijah, while others say
that you are one of the prophets.” note
29 “What about you?” he asked
them. “Who do you say I am?”
29 Peter answered, “You are the
Messiah.” note
30 Then Jesus ordered them, “Do
not tell anyone about me.”
Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death
(Matthew 16.21–28; Luke 9.22–27)
31 Then Jesus began to teach his
disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer
much and be rejected by the elders,
the chief priests, and the teachers
of the Law. He will be put to
death, but three days later he will
rise to life.”
32 He made this very
clear to them. So Peter took him
aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But Jesus turned around, looked at
his disciples, and rebuked Peter.
“Get away from me, Satan,” he said.
“Your thoughts don't come from
God but from man!”
34 Then Jesus called the crowd and
his disciples to him. “If anyone
wants to come with me,” he told
them, “he must forget himself, carry
his cross, and follow me. note
35 For whoever
wants to save his own life will
lose it; but whoever loses his life for
me and for the gospel will save it. note
36 Does a person gain anything if he
wins the whole world but loses his
life? Of course not!
37 There is nothing
he can give to regain his life.
38 If
a person is ashamed of me and of
my teaching in this godless and
wicked day, then the Son of Man
will be ashamed of him when he
comes in the glory of his Father with
the holy angels.”
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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