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And they did so and made them all sit down.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
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And they ate and were all filled, and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
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And it came to pass as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the people say that I am?
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They answering said, John the Baptist; but some
say, Elijah; and others
say that one of the old prophets is risen again.
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He said unto them, But who do ye say that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
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And he straitly charged them and commanded
them not to tell anyone this,
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saying, The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and of the princes of the priests and scribes and be slain and be raised the third day.
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And he said to
them all, If anyone will come after me, let them deny themself and take up their
cross {Gr. stauros – stake} daily and follow me.
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For whosoever desires to save his soul shall lose it, but whosoever will lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.
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For what is a man advantaged if he gains the whole world, having destroyed himself or having suffered the loss of
himself?