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Chapter 8
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In those days the multitude being very great, and having
nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him,
and saith unto them, |
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I have compassion on the multitude, because they have
now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: |
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And if I send them away fasting to their own houses,
they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from
far. |
4
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And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man
satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? |
5
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And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they
said, Seven. |
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And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground:
and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake,
and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they
did set them before the people. |
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And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and
commanded to set them also before them. |
8
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So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up
of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. |
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And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and
he sent them away. |
10
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And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples,
and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. |
11
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And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question
with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting
him. |
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And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why
doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say
unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. |
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And he left them, and entering into the ship again
departed to the other side. |
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Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither
had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. |
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And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. |
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And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because
we have no bread. |
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And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason
ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither
understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? |
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Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not?
and do ye not remember? |
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When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how
many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto
him, Twelve. |
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And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets
full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. |
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And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? |
22
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And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind
man unto him, and besought him to touch him. |
23
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And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him
out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and
put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. |
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And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. |
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After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and
made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every
man clearly. |
26
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And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither
go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. |
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And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns
of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples,
saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? |
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And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say,
Elias; and others, One of the prophets. |
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And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the
Christ. |
30
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And he charged them that they should tell no man of
him. |
31
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And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must
suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and
of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and
after three days rise again. |
32
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And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him,
and began to rebuke him. |
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But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples,
he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan:
for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but
the things that be of men. |
34
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And when he had called the people unto him with his
disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me. |
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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's,
the same shall save it. |
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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? |
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Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? |
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Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my
words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh
in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. |
