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Matthew 14:13-36; Matthew 15; Matthew 16; Matthew 17:1-20

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Matthew 14:13-36

13 Upon receiving these tidings, Jesus went away by boat to an uninhabited and secluded district; but the people heard of it and followed Him in crowds from the towns by land.
14 So Jesus went out and saw an immense multitude, and felt compassion for them, and cured those of them who were out of health.
15 But when evening was come, the disciples came to Him and said, "This is an uninhabited place, and the best of the day is now gone; send the people away to go into the villages and buy something to eat."
16 "They need not go away," replied Jesus; "you yourselves must give them something to eat."
17 "We have nothing here," they said, "but five loaves and a couple of fish."
18 "Bring them here to me," He said,
19 and He told all the people to sit down on the grass. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and after looking up to heaven and blessing them, He broke up the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples distributed them to the people.
20 So all ate, and were fully satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they gathered up, filling twelve baskets.
21 Those who had eaten were about 5,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
22 Immediately afterwards He made the disciples go on board the boat and cross to the opposite shore, leaving Him to dismiss the people.
23 When He had done this, He climbed the hill to pray in solitude. Night came on, and he was there alone.
24 Meanwhile the boat was far out on the Lake, buffeted and tossed by the waves, the wind being adverse.
25 But towards daybreak He went to them, walking over the waves.
26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the waves, they were greatly alarmed. "It is a spirit," they exclaimed, and they cried out with terror.
27 But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, "There is no danger; it is I; do not be afraid."
28 "Master," answered Peter, "if it is you, bid me come to you upon the water."
29 "Come," said Jesus. Then Peter climbed down from the boat and walked upon the water to go to Him.
30 But when he felt the wind he grew frightened, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Master, save me."
31 Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?"
32 So they climbed into the boat, and the wind lulled;
33 and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are indeed God's Son."
34 When they had quite crossed over, they put ashore at Gennesaret;
35 and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,
36 and they entreated Him that they might but touch the tassel of His outer garment; and all who did so were restored to perfect health.
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Matthew 15

1 Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
2 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
3 "Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God said, `Honour thy father and thy mother'; and `Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';
5 but you--this is what you say: `If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--
6 he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
8 "`This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me;
9 but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
10 Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.
11 It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth--*that* defiles a man."
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
13 "Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."
15 "Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
16 "Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
17 Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."
23 But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us."
24 "I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
25 Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
26 "It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 "Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
28 "O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.
29 Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
30 Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,
31 so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.
32 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."
33 "Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
34 "How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
35 So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
36 and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, and they to the people.
37 And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
38 Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
39 He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
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Matthew 16

1 Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.
2 He replied, "In the evening you say, `It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;'
3 and in the morning, `It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot.
4 A wicked and faithless generation are eager for a sign; but none shall be given to them except the sign of Jonah." and He left them and went away.
5 When the disciples arrived at the other side of the Lake, they found that they had forgotten to bring any bread;
6 and when Jesus said to them, "See to it: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,"
7 they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have not brought any bread."
8 Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?
9 Do you not yet understand? nor even remember the 5,000 and the five loaves, and how many basketfuls you carried away,
10 nor the 4,000 and the seven loaves, and how many hampers you carried away?
11 How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
12 Then they perceived that He had not warned them against bread-yeast, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus questioned His disciples. "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" He asked.
14 "Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets."
15 "But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again.
16 "You," replied Simon Peter, "are the Christ, the Son of the ever-living God."
17 "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah," said Jesus; "for mere human nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father in Heaven.
18 And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall not triumph over it.
19 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens; and whatever you bind on earth shall remain bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall remain loosed in Heaven."
20 Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.
21 From this time Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer much cruelty from the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again.
22 Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task. "Master," he said, "God forbid; this will not be your lot."
23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Adversary; you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's."
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.
25 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.
26 Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?
27 For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father with His angels, and then will He requite every man according to his actions.
28 I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom."
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Matthew 17:1-20

1 Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to a solitary place.
2 There in their presence His form underwent a change; His face shone like the sun, and His raiment became as white as the light.
3 And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Him.
4 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Master, we are thankful to you that we are here. If you approve, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
5 He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."
6 On hearing this voice, the disciples fell on their faces and were filled with terror.
7 But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse yourselves and have no fear."
8 So they looked up, and saw no one but Jesus.
9 As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command upon them. "Tell no one," He said, "of the sight you have seen till the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."
10 "Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
11 "Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would reform everything.
12 But I tell you that he has already come, and they did not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them in a similar way."
13 Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the Baptist about whom He had spoken to them.
14 When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.
15 "Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water.
16 I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."
17 "O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; "how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? Bring him to me."
18 Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him; and the boy was cured from that moment.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could not we expel the demon?"
20 "Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this place to that,' and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
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