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The P'rushim came and began arguing with him; they wanted him to give them a sign from Heaven, because they were out to trap him.
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With a sigh that came straight from his heart, he said, "Why does this generation want a sign? Yes! I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation!"
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With that, he left them, got into the boat again and went off to the other side of the lake.
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Now the talmidim had forgotten to bring bread and had with them in the boat only one loaf.
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So when Yeshua said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourselves from the hametz of the P'rushim and the hametz of Herod,"
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they thought he had said it because they had no bread.
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But, aware of this, he said, "Why are you talking with each other about having no bread? Don't you see or understand yet? Have your hearts been made like stone?
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You have eyes -- don't you see? You have ears -- don't you hear? And don't you remember?
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When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?" "Twelve," they answered him.
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"And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?" "Seven," they answered.
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He said to them, "And you still don't understand?"
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They came to Beit-Tzaidah. Some people brought him a blind man and begged Yeshua to touch him.
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Taking the blind man's hand, he led him outside the town. He spit in his eyes, put his hands on him and asked him, "Do you see anything?"
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He looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like walking trees."
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Then he put his hands on the blind man's eyes again. He peered intently, and his eyesight was restored, so that he could see everything distinctly.
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Yeshua sent him home with the words, "Don't go into town."
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Yeshua and his talmidim went on to the towns of Caesarea Philippi. On the way, he asked his talmidim, "Who are people saying I am?"
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"Some say you are Yochanan the Immerser," they told him, "others say Eliyahu, and still others, one of the prophets."
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"But you," he asked, "who do you say I am?" Kefa answered, "You are the Mashiach."
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Then Yeshua warned them not to tell anyone about him.