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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 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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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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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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Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”
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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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“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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Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Messiah. ”
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But Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
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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.