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1 About this time another large crowd had gathered, and the people ran out of food again. Jesus called his disciples and told them,
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In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples and told them,
2 “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat.
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"I feel sorry for the crowd because they have been with me for three days and have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a long distance.”
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If I send them away hungry to their homes, they won't have enough strength to travel, for some have come a long distance."
4 His disciples replied, “How are we supposed to find enough food to feed them out here in the wilderness?”
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His disciples responded, "How can anyone get enough food in this wilderness to satisfy these people?"
5 Jesus asked, “How much bread do you have?” “Seven loaves,” they replied.
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Jesus asked, "How much bread do you have?" They said, "Seven loaves."
6 So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to his disciples, who distributed the bread to the crowd.
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He told the crowd to sit on the ground. He took the seven loaves, gave thanks, broke them apart, and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they gave the bread to the crowd.
7 A few small fish were found, too, so Jesus also blessed these and told the disciples to distribute them.
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They also had a few fish. He said a blessing over them, then gave them to the disciples to hand out also.
8 They ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food.
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They ate until they were full. They collected seven baskets full of leftovers.
9 There were about 4,000 people in the crowd that day, and Jesus sent them home after they had eaten.
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This was a crowd of about four thousand people! Jesus sent them away,
10 Immediately after this, he got into a boat with his disciples and crossed over to the region of Dalmanutha.
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then got into a boat with his disciples and went over to the region of Dalmanutha.
11 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had arrived, they came and started to argue with him. Testing him, they demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.
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The Pharisees showed up and began to argue with Jesus. To test him, they asked for a sign from heaven.
12 When he heard this, he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why do these people keep demanding a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, I will not give this generation any such sign.”
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With an impatient sigh, Jesus said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I assure you that no sign will be given to it."
13 So he got back into the boat and left them, and he crossed to the other side of the lake.
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Leaving them, he got back in the boat and crossed to the other side of the lake.
14 But the disciples had forgotten to bring any food. They had only one loaf of bread with them in the boat.
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Jesus' disciples had forgotten to bring any bread, so they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
15 As they were crossing the lake, Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
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He gave them strict orders: "Watch out and be on your guard for the yeast of the Pharisees as well as the yeast of Herod."
16 At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread.
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The disciples discussed this among themselves, "He said this because we have no bread."
17 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Don’t you know or understand even yet? Are your hearts too hard to take it in?
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Jesus knew what they were discussing and said, "Why are you talking about the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you grasp what has happened? Don't you understand? Are your hearts so resistant to what God is doing?
18 ‘You have eyes—can’t you see? You have ears—can’t you hear?’ Don’t you remember anything at all?
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Don't you have eyes? Why can't you see? Don't you have ears? Why can't you hear? Don't you remember?
19 When I fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread, how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up afterward?” “Twelve,” they said.
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When I broke five loaves of bread for those five thousand people, how many baskets full of leftovers did you gather?" They answered, "Twelve."
20 “And when I fed the 4,000 with seven loaves, how many large baskets of leftovers did you pick up?” “Seven,” they said.
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"And when I broke seven loaves of bread for those four thousand people, how many baskets full of leftovers did you gather?" They answered, "Seven."
21 “Don’t you understand yet?” he asked them.
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Jesus said to them, "And you still don't understand?"
22 When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and they begged him to touch the man and heal him.
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Jesus and his disciples came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch and heal him.
23 Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?”
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Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him out of the village. After spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on the man, he asked him, "Do you see anything?"
24 The man looked around. “Yes,” he said, “I see people, but I can’t see them very clearly. They look like trees walking around.”
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The man looked up and said, "I see people. They look like trees, only they are walking around."
25 Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly.
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Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. He looked with his eyes wide open, his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.
26 Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”
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Then Jesus sent him home, saying, "Don't go into the village!"
27 Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
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Jesus and his disciples went into the villages near Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"
28 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets.”
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They told him, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets."
29 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Messiah. ”
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He asked them, "And what about you? Who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
30 But Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
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Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
31 Then Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead.
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Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: "The Human One must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and the legal experts, and be killed, and then, after three days, rise from the dead."
32 As he talked about this openly with his disciples, Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things.
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He said this plainly. But Peter took hold of Jesus and, scolding him, began to correct him.
33 Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples, then reprimanded Peter. “Get away from me, Satan!” he said. “You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”
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Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, then sternly corrected Peter: "Get behind me, Satan. You are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts."
34 Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.
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After calling the crowd together with his disciples, Jesus said to them, "All who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.
35 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.
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All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me and because of the good news will save them.
36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
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Why would people gain the whole world but lose their lives?
37 Is anything worth more than your soul?
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What will people give in exchange for their lives?
38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
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Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this unfaithful and sinful generation, the Human One will be ashamed of that person when he comes in the Father's glory with the holy angels."
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