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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.
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He began teaching them that the Son of Man had to endure much suffering and be rejected by the elders, the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers; and that he had to be put to death; but that after three days, he had to rise again.
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He spoke very plainly about it. Kefa took him aside and began rebuking him.
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But, turning around and looking at his talmidim, he rebuked Kefa. "Get behind me, Satan!" he said, "For your thinking is from a human perspective, not from God's perspective!"
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Then Yeshua called the crowd and his talmidim to him and told them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him say `No' to himself, take up his execution stake, and keep following me.
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For whoever wants to save his own life will destroy it, but whoever destroys his life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will save it.