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Chapter 8 |
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1 | In those days the multitude being very
great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and
saith unto them, |
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2 | I have compassion on the multitude, because they
have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: |
| 3 | And if I
send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for
divers of them came from far. |
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4 | And his disciples answered him, From
whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
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| 5 | And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
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| 6 | And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the
seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set
before them; and they did set them before the people. |
| 7 | And they had a
few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before
them. |
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So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the
broken meat that was left seven baskets. |
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9 | And they that had eaten were
about four thousand: and he sent them away. |
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10 | And straightway he
entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of
Dalmanutha. |
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11 | And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question
with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. |
| 12 | And he
sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a
sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this
generation. |
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13 | And he left them, and entering into the ship again
departed to the other side. |
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14 | Now the disciples had forgotten to
take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
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| 15 | And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. |
| 16 | And they reasoned among
themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. |
| 17 | And when
Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread?
perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
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| 18 | Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
remember? |
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| When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how
many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
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| 20 | And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of
fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. |
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21 | And he said unto them,
How is it that ye do not understand? |
| 22 | And he cometh to Bethsaida;
and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. |
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And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he
had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw
ought. |
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| And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees,
walking. |
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| After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made
him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. |
| 26 | And
he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to
any in the town. |
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27 | And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the
towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto
them, Whom do men say that I am? |
| 28 | And they answered, John the
Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. |
| 29 | And
he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith
unto him, Thou art the Christ. |
| 30 | And he charged them that they
should tell no man of him. |
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31 | And he began to teach them, that the
Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the
chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise
again. |
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| And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and
began to rebuke him. |
| 33 | But when he had turned about and looked on
his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou
savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
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| 34 | And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he
said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me. |
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35 | For whosoever will save his life shall
lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the
same shall save it. |
| 36 | For what shall it profit a man, if he shall
gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? |
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37 | Or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul? |
| 38 | Whosoever therefore shall be
ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father
with the holy angels. |
