12 Now the day was ending, and the twelvecame and said to Him, "Send the crowdaway, that they may go into the surroundingvillages and countryside and findlodging and getsomething to eat; for here we are in a desolateplace."
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But He said to them, "You give them something to eat!" And they said, "We have nomorethanfiveloaves and twofish, unless*perhaps we go and buyfood for allthesepeople."
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(For there were aboutfivethousandmen.) And He said to His disciples, "Have them sitdown to eat 1in groups of aboutfiftyeach."
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Then He took the fiveloaves and the twofish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to setbefore the people.
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And they allate and were satisfied; and the brokenpieces which they had leftover were picked up, twelve2baskets full.
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3And it happened that while He was 4prayingalone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the peoplesay that I am?"
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They answered and said, "John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risenagain."
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And He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peteranswered and said, "5The Christ of God."
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But He 6warned them and instructed them not to tellthis to anyone,
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7saying, "8The Son of Manmustsuffermanythings and be rejected by the elders and chiefpriests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the thirdday."
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And He was saying to them all, "9Ifanyonewishes to comeafter Me, he must denyhimself, and take up his crossdaily* and follow Me.
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"For 10whoever*wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever*loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
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"For what is a manprofited if he gains the wholeworld, and 11losesorforfeitshimself?
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"12For whoever* is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holyangels.
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"But I say to you truthfully, 13there are some of thosestandingherewho will not tastedeathuntil they see the kingdom of God."
The Transfiguration
2814Someeightdaysafterthesesayings, He tookalong15Peter and John and James, and 16went up on the mountain17to pray.
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And while He was 18praying, the appearance of His face19becamedifferent, and His clothing became white and gleaming.
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And behold, twomen were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah,
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who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His 20departurewhich He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
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NowPeter and his companions*21had beenovercome with sleep; but when they were fullyawake, they saw His glory and the twomenstanding with Him.
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And as these were leaving Him, Petersaid to Jesus, "22Master, it is good for us to be here; 23let us makethreetabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah "-24not realizingwhat he was saying.
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While he was sayingthis, a cloudformed and began to overshadow them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
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Then25a voicecame out of the cloud, saying, "26This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!"
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And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was foundalone. And 27they keptsilent, and reported to noone in thosedaysany of the things which they had seen.
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28On the nextday, when they camedown from the mountain, a largecrowdmet Him.
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And a man from the crowdshouted, saying, "Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only boy,
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and a spiritseizes him, and he suddenlyscreams, and it throws him into a convulsion with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty does it leave him, mauling him as it leaves.
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"I begged Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not."
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And Jesusanswered and said, "You unbelieving and pervertedgeneration, howlong* shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your sonhere."
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While he was stillapproaching, the demonslammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesusrebuked the uncleanspirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father.
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And they were allamazed at the 29greatness of God. 30But while everyone was marveling at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples,
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"Let thesewordssink into your ears; 31for the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men."
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But 32they did not understandthisstatement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him aboutthisstatement.
The Test of Greatness
4633An argumentstartedamong them as to which of them might be the greatest.
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But Jesus, 34knowingwhat they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,
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and said to them, "35Whoever*receivesthischild in My namereceives Me, and whoever*receives Me receives Him who sent Me; 36for the one who is leastamongall of you, this is the one who is great."
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37Johnanswered and said, "38Master, we sawsomeonecasting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us."
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But Jesussaid to him, "Do not hinder him; 39for he who is not against you is for you."
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When the days were approaching for 40His ascension, He was determined41to go to Jerusalem;
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and He sentmessengers on ahead* of Him, and they went and entered a village of the 42Samaritans to makearrangements for Him.
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But they did not receive Him, 43because He was travelingtowardJerusalem.
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When His disciples44James and Johnsaw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to 45commandfire to comedown from heaven and consume them?"
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But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not knowwhatkind of spirit you are of;
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for the Son of Man did not come to destroymen'slives, but to save them."] And they went on to anothervillage.