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1 During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said,
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About that time there was once again a large crowd with nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples and said to them,
2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.
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"I feel sorry for the people. They have been with me three days now and have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
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If I send them home before they've eaten, they will become exhausted on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."
4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”
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His disciples asked him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people in this place where no one lives?"
5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
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Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They answered, "Seven."
6 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so.
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He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. He took the seven loaves and gave thanks to God. Then he broke the bread and gave it to his disciples to serve to the people.
7 They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them.
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They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish should also be served to the people.
8 The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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The people ate as much as they wanted. The disciples picked up the leftover pieces and filled seven large baskets.
9 About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away,
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About four thousand people were there. Then he sent the people on their way.
10 he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.
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After that, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat and went into the region of Dalmanutha.
11 The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven.
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The Pharisees went to Jesus and began to argue with him. They tested him by demanding that he perform a miraculous sign from heaven.
12 He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.”
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With a deep sigh he asked, "Why do these people demand a sign? I can guarantee this truth: If these people are given a sign, it will be far different than what they want!"
13 Then he left them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.
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Then he left them there. He got into a boat again and crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.
14 The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
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The disciples had forgotten to take any bread along and had only one loaf with them in the boat.
15 “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”
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Jesus warned them, "Be careful! Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"
16 They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.”
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They had been discussing with one another that they didn't have any bread.
17 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
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Jesus knew what they were saying and asked them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand yet? Don't you catch on? Are your minds closed?
18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?
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Are you blind and deaf? Don't you remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”“Twelve,” they replied.
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When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces?" They told him, "Twelve."
20 “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”They answered, “Seven.”
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"When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many large baskets did you fill with leftover pieces?" They answered him, "Seven."
21 He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”
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He asked them, "Don't you catch on yet?"
22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
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As they came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus. They begged Jesus to touch him.
23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
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Jesus took the blind man's hand and led him out of the village. He spit into the man's eyes and placed his hands on him. Jesus asked him, "Can you see anything?"
24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
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The man looked up and said, "I see people. They look like trees walking around."
25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
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Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes a second time, and the man saw clearly. His sight was normal again. He could see everything clearly even at a distance.
26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”
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Jesus told him when he sent him home, "Don't go into the village."
27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
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Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"
28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
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They answered him, "Some say you are John the Baptizer, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets."
29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”
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He asked them, "But who do you say I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah!"
30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
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He ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
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Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man would have to suffer a lot. He taught them that he would be rejected by the leaders, the chief priests, and the scribes. He would be killed, but after three days he would come back to life.
32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
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He told them very clearly what he meant. Peter took him aside and objected to this.
33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
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Jesus turned, looked at his disciples, and objected to what Peter said. Jesus said, "Get out of my way, Satan! You aren't thinking the way God thinks but the way humans think."
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
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Then Jesus called the crowd to himself along with his disciples. He said to them, "Those who want to follow me must say no to the things they want, pick up their crosses, and follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save their lifewill lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
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Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.
36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
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What good does it do for people to win the whole world yet lose their lives?
37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
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Or what should a person give in exchange for life?
38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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If people are ashamed of me and what I say in this unfaithful and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of those people when he comes with the holy angels in his Father's glory."
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