1 At that time, as the company
were very numerous,
and had nothing to eat, Jesus
called his disciples, and
said,
2 I am concern'd for
this people, they have been
with me now three days without
having had any thing to
eat.
3 if I send them home
fasting, they will faint by
the way: for some of them
are come very far.
4 his disciples
answer'd, how is it
possible here in the desart to
furnish bread enough for all
this company?
5 he ask'd
them, how many loaves have
ye?
6 seven, said they. then
he order'd the people to sit
down on the ground: and
taking the seven loaves, he
gave thanks, then broke them
and gave them to his disciples
to distribute among the
people, which they accordingly
did.
7 and there being
a few small fishes, he gave
thanks, and order'd them to
be distributed.
8 so they all
eat and were satisfied, the
broken meat that was left
amounting to seven baskets.
9 now they that had eaten were
four thousand: and then he
dismissed them.
10 Soon after he and his disciples
embark'd, and arrived
-- --
in the district of Dalmanutha.
11 there the Pharisees being
come, they began to dispute
with him, and to try
him, desir'd he would work
some miracle in the sky.
12 but
Jesus fetching a deep sigh,
said, why does this generation
require a sign? I assure
you, they shall have
none.
13 then leaving them he
went aboard again, and pass'd
to the other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgot
to take bread, and had but one
loaf aboard with them.
15 as he
was then directing them diligently
to beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees, and of
the leaven of Herod,
16 they
said to one another, this is
because we did not take bread:
which Jesus perceiving,
17 said,
why do you trouble your heads
about your having no bread?
are you yet so void of sense,
and understanding? are your
minds so blinded?
18 have you
eyes, and yet don't see? have
you ears, and yet not hear?
have you lost your memory
too?
19 when I divided the
five loaves among five thousand
people, how many baskets
full of fragments did you
take away? they answer'd,
twelve.
20 and when I divided
the seven loaves among
four thousand, how many baskets
-- --
full of fragments did you
carry away? they answered,
seven.
21 don't you yet, said he,
comprehend my meaning?
22 Afterwards Jesus went to
Bethsaida, where they presented
to him a blind man,
whom they entreated Jesus to
touch.
23 then taking the blind
man by the hand, he led him
out of town, when applying
his spittle to the man's eyes,
and laying his hands upon
him, he ask'd if he saw any
thing.
24 so looking up, he said,
I see men; for by their walking
I distinguish them from
trees.
25 then he put his hands
upon his eyes, and made him
look again. and his sight
was so well recovered, he
could see distinctly.
26 so he sent
him home, with a charge not
to go into the town, nor mention
it to any body belonging
to that place.
27 From thence Jesus went
attended with his disciples
to the villages of Cesarea
Philippi. and ask'd them
by the way, who do they
say I am?
28 they answered,
some say you are John
the Baptist; others, Elias;
and others, one of
the prophets.
29 but who, said
he, do you take me to
be? Peter answered, you
-- --
are the Messiah:
33 upon which
he gave them a severe charge,
not to say that of him to any
man.
31 At length he began to inform
them, that the son of
man should suffer many indignities,
be rejected by the
chief priests, Scribes, and senators,
be even put to death,
and after three days should rise
again.
32 and this he said in
such an undisguised manner,
that Peter took him aside,
and pretended to reprimand
him.
33 but Jesus return'd, and
looking upon his disciples, he
gave Peter this rebuke, be
gone, thou adversary, your
views are all worldly, regardless
of what is divine.
34 Then addressing himself to
the people, and his disciples,
he said, he that desires to
be under my conduct, let him
renounce himself, and follow
me.
35 for he that would save
his life, shall lose it; and he
that would lose his life out of
love to me and the gospel, he
shall save it.
36 what advantage
is it for a man to gain
the whole world with the
loss of his life?
37 or what
would not a man bestow to
preserve himself?
38 whosoever
therefore shall be asham'd
of me, and of my
doctrine in this degenerate
and corrupted age, of him
-- --
likewise shall the son of man
be asham'd, when he shall
come with the glory of his
father, accompanied with holy
angels.
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