13
He replied,
“You give them something to eat.”They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.”
14
(About five thousand men were there.) But he said to his disciples,
“Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15
The disciples did so, and everyone sat down.
16
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.
17
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them,
“Who do the crowds say I am?”
19
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”
20
“But what about you?” he asked.
“Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”
Jesus Predicts His Death
21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.
22
And he said,
“The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
23
Then he said to them all:
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.