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Then, taking the seven loaves he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd. <span id="v48008007" class="ver">7</span>They also had a few fish. He said the blessing over them and ordered them distributed also. <span id="v48008008" class="ver">8</span>They ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over—seven baskets. <span id="v48008009" class="ver">9</span>There were about four thousand people.</p> <p>He dismissed them <span id="v48008010" class="ver">10</span>and got into the boat with his disciples and came to the region of Dalmanutha.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Demand for a Sign.</span> <span id="v48008011" class="ver">11</span><a id="rfn48008011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn48008011-1">*</a> The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him,<a id="ren48008011-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008011-b">b</a> seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.<a id="ren48008011-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008011-c">c</a> <span id="v48008012" class="ver">12</span>He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” <span id="v48008013" class="ver">13</span>Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other shore.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Leaven of the Pharisees.</span> <span id="v48008014" class="ver">14</span><a id="ren48008014-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008014-d">d</a> They had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. <span id="v48008015" class="ver">15</span><a id="rfn48008015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn48008015-1">*</a> He enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” <span id="v48008016" class="ver">16</span>They concluded among themselves that it was because they had no bread. <span id="v48008017" class="ver">17</span>When he became aware of this he said to them, “Why do you conclude that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?<a id="ren48008017-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008017-e">e</a> <span id="v48008018" class="ver">18</span>Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do you not remember,<a id="ren48008018-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008018-f">f</a> <span id="v48008019" class="ver">19</span>when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many wicker baskets full of fragments you picked up?” They answered him, “Twelve.” <span id="v48008020" class="ver">20</span>“When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many full baskets of fragments did you pick up?” They answered [him], “Seven.” <span id="v48008021" class="ver">21</span>He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Blind Man of Bethsaida.<a id="rfn48008022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn48008022-1">*</a></span> <span id="v48008022" class="ver">22</span>When they arrived at Bethsaida, they brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. <span id="v48008023" class="ver">23</span>He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on him and asked, “Do you see anything?”<a id="ren48008023-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008023-g">g</a> <span id="v48008024" class="ver">24</span>Looking up he replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.” <span id="v48008025" class="ver">25</span>Then he laid hands on his eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly. <span id="v48008026" class="ver">26</span>Then he sent him home and said, “Do not even go into the village.”</p> <h1 class="bksect">III. <span class="ac">The Mystery Begins to be Revealed</span></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">Peter’s Confession About Jesus.<a id="rfn48008027-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn48008027-1">*</a></span> <span id="v48008027" class="ver">27</span>Now Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi.<a id="ren48008027-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008027-h">h</a> Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” <span id="v48008028" class="ver">28</span>They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” <span id="v48008029" class="ver">29</span>And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Messiah.” <span id="v48008030" class="ver">30</span>Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The First Prediction of the Passion.</span> <span id="v48008031" class="ver">31</span><a id="ren48008031-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008031-i">i</a> He began to teach them that the Son of Man<a id="rfn48008031-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn48008031-1">*</a> must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. <span id="v48008032" class="ver">32</span>He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. <span id="v48008033" class="ver">33</span>At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Conditions of Discipleship.</span> <span id="v48008034" class="ver">34</span>He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said<a id="rfn48008034-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn48008034-1">*</a> to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.<a id="ren48008034-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008034-j">j</a> <span id="v48008035" class="ver">35</span>For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel<a id="rfn48008035-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn48008035-1">*</a> will save it.<a id="ren48008035-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008035-k">k</a> <span id="v48008036" class="ver">36</span>What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? <span id="v48008037" class="ver">37</span>What could one give in exchange for his life? <span id="v48008038" class="ver">38</span>Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this faithless and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”<a id="ren48008038-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en48008038-l">l</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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