1 lFor ver. 1-10, see Matt. 15:32-39; [ch. 6:32-44] In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, 2 m[Matt. 9:36] “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away. ” 4 And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place? ” 5 And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have? ” They said,nMatt. 16:10 “Seven. ” 6 And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, andoch. 14:23; Matt. 26:27; Luke 22:17, 19; John 6:11, 23; Acts 27:35; Rom. 14:6; 1 Cor. 10:30; 11:24; 14:16; 1 Tim. 4:3, 4 having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7 And they had a few small fish. AndpSee Matt. 14:19 having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. 8 Andq[2 Kgs. 4:42-44] they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over,n[See ver. 5 above] seven baskets full. 9 And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. 10 And immediately he got intorSee ch. 3:9 the boat with his disciples and went to the district ofs[Matt. 15:39] Dalmanutha.
11 tFor ver. 11-21, see Matt. 16:1-12 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him,u1 Cor. 1:22; See Matt. 12:38 seeking from himvLuke 11:16; 21:11 a sign from heavenwJohn 8:6 to test him. 12 Andxch. 7:34 he sighed deeplyyJohn 11:33 in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation. ” 13 AndzMatt. 4:13; 21:17 he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.
14 Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out;aLuke 12:1 beware ofb1 Cor. 5:6-8; Gal. 5:9 the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven ofc[ch. 3:6; 12:13] Herod. ” 16 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17 AnddMatt. 26:10 Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread?ech. 7:18 Do you not yet perceivefch. 6:52 or understand?fch. 6:52 Are your hearts hardened? 18 gJer. 5:21; Ezek. 12:2; [Isa. 42:18, 19; 43:8; Matt. 13:13] Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 When I brokehch. 6:41, 44 the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? ” They said to him, “Twelve. ” 20 “Andiver. 6, 9 the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? ” And they said to him, “Seven. ” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand? ”
22 And they camejSee ch. 6:45 to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 Andkch. 7:33 he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and whenkch. 7:33 he hadlJohn 9:6 spit on his eyes andmSee ch. 5:23 laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything? ” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see men, but they look like trees, walking. ” 25 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 And he sent him to his home, saying, nver. 23; [Matt. 8:4] “Do not even enter the village. ”
27 oFor ver. 27-29, see Matt. 16:13-16; Luke 9:18-20 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am? ” 28 And they told him,pch. 6:14; Matt. 14:2; Luke 9:7 “John the Baptist; and others say,qLuke 9:8; [ch. 9:11; Matt. 17:10; John 1:21] Elijah; and others, one of the prophets. ” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am? ” Peter answered him,rJohn 11:27 “You aresch. 14:61, 62; See Matt. 1:17 the Christ. ” 30 tMatt. 16:20; Luke 9:21; See Matt. 12:16 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.
31 uFor ch. 8:31–9:1, see Matt. 16:21-28; Luke 9:22-27 And he began to teach them thatvch. 10:33; [Luke 13:33] the Son of Man mustwch. 9:30, 31; Matt. 17:12, 22, 23; Luke 24:7 suffer many things andxLuke 17:25; 1 Pet. 2:4; [ch. 12:10] be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, andych. 10:34; Matt. 27:63; [Matt. 12:40]; See John 2:19 after three days rise again. 32 And he said thiszJohn 16:25 plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, a[Matt. 4:10] “Get behind me, Satan! For youbRom. 8:5; Phil. 3:19; Col. 3:2; [Phil. 2:5] are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. ”
34 And he called to him the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let himc[2 Tim. 2:12, 13] deny himself anddSee Matt. 10:38, 39 take up his cross and follow me. 35 Ford[See ver. 34 above] whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sakeech. 10:29; [1 Cor. 9:23; 2 Tim. 1:8; Philem. 13] and the gospel's will save it. 36 f[Luke 12:20] For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 37 Forg[Ps. 49:7, 8] what can a man give in return for his life? 38 ForhRom. 1:16; 2 Tim. 1:8, 12, 16; Heb. 11:16; 1 John 2:28; [Matt. 10:33] whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in thisiIsa. 57:3; Matt. 12:39; James 4:4 adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamedjDan. 7:10, 13; Zech. 14:5; Matt. 24:30; 25:31; 26:64; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 1:10; 4:16; Jude 14; Rev. 1:7; [Deut. 33:2] when he comes in the glory of his Father withkActs 10:22; Rev. 14:10; [Matt. 13:41; 16:27] the holy angels. ”