A   In those dayes ^note wh&ebar; ther was a very great company, and had nothynge to eate. Iesus called his disciples to him, and sayde vnto them: I haue compassion on the people, because they haue nowe bene &wt; me thre dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and yf I sende th&ebar; a waye fastyng to theyr awne houses, they shall faynt by the waye. ^noteFor diuers of them came from farre. And his discyples answered hym: where shulde a man haue bread here in the wyldernes to satysfye these? And he asked them: how many loues haue ye? They sayde: seuen. And he c&obar;maunded the people to syt downe on the grounde. And he toke the seuen loaues, and whan he had geuen thanckes, he brake, and gaue to hys dyscyples, to set before them. And they did set them before the people. And they had a fewe small fysshes. And whan he had blessed, he commaunded them also to be sett before them. And they dyd eate, and were suffysed. And they toke vp of the broken meate that was left seuen baskettes full. And they that dyd eate: were about foure thousande. And he sent them awaye. &cross3;

B   And anone he entred into a shyp with his disciples, and came into the parties of Dalmanutha. ^noteAnd the Pharyses came forth, and beganne to dispute with hym, sekynge of hym a sygne from heauen, t&ebar;ptynge hym. And whan he had syghted in hys sprete, he sayeth: why doth thys generacyon seke a sygne? Uerely I saye vnto you, there shall no sygne be geuen vnto thys generacyon. And he left them, and went into the ship agayne, and departed ouer the water.

And they had forgotten to take bread &wt; them, nether had they in the shyp with them more then one loafe. And he charged them, saying. &cross2; ^noteTake hede, beware of the leuen of the Pharises, and of the leuen of Herode. And they reasoned amonge them selues sayenge: We haue no bread. And Iesus knewe it, and saith vnto th&ebar;: why take ye thought, because ye haue no breed? perceaue ye not yet nether vnderstande? Haue ye youre hert yet blynded? Haue ye eyes, and se not? and haue ye eares, and heare not? Do ye not also rem&ebar;bre? ^noteWhen I brake fyue loaues among fyue thousande men, how many baskettes full of broken meat toke ye vp? They saye vnto him, twelue. ^noteWhen I brake seuen amonge foure thousand, how many baskettes of the leauynges of the broken meate toke ye vp? They sayd: seu&ebar;. And he sayd vnto th&ebar;: how happeneth it that ye do not vnderstande?

C   &cross2; And he came to Bethsayda, and they brought a blinde man vnto hym, and desired hym to touche him. And he caught the blynde by the hand, and lead him out of the towne: and whan he had spyt in his eyes, &abar;d put his handes vp&obar; him, he asked him yf he sawe ought. And he loked vp, ∧ sayd: I se the men: for I perceaue th&ebar; walke, as they were trees. After that, he put hys handes agayne vpon hys eyes, and made hym se. And he was restored, and sawe euery man clearly. And he sent him home to his house, saieng: nether go into þe; towne, ner tel it to eny in þe; towne. &cross3;

^noteAnd Iesus went out, ∧ hys disciples into the townes that longe to the cytie called, Cesarea Philippi. And by the waye he asked his disciples, saying vnto th&ebar;: whom do m&ebar; saye þt; I am? And they answered: some saye, that thou art Iohn baptist, ∧ some saye, Helias. Agayne, some saye, that that thou arte one of the n&obar;bre of the &pro;phetes. And he sayde vnto them: but whom saye ye þt; I am? Peter answereth ∧ sayth vnto him: ^note thou art very Christ. And he charged th&ebar;, that they shulde tell no m&abar; of him. D   And he beg&abar;ue to teach th&ebar; ^note how that the sonne of m&abar; must suffre many th&ibar;ges, and be reproued of the elders, and of the hye prestes, and scribes, and be kylled, ∧ after thre dayes aryse agayne. And he spake that sayinge openly. And Peter toke hym

aside, and began to chyde him. But he turned about, and loked on hys disciples, and rebuked Peter, saying: Go after me Satan. For thou sauerest not the th&ibar;ges that be of God, but the thynges that be of men.

^noteAnd when he had called the people vnto hym with hys discyples also, he sayde vnto them. Whosoeuer wyll folowe me, lett hym forsake him self, and take vp hys crosse, and folowe me. For whosoeuer wil saue his life, shal lose it. But whosoeuer shal lose his life, for my sake ∧ the gospels, the same shall saue it. For what shall it profet a man, yf he wynne all the world, and lose his awne soule: or what shall a man geue to redeme hys soule with all agayne? ^noteWhosoeuer therfore shalbe asshamed of me &abar;d of my wordes, in thys aduoutrous and synfull generacion: of hym also shall the sonne of man be asshamed, when he commeth in the glorye of hys father with the holy angels.

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