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Mark
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So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.
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Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.
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He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
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For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
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Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
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When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.
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Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God - do not torment me!"
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(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!")
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Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
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He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
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There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.
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And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them."
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Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.
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Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
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They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind - the one who had the "Legion" - and they were afraid.
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Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
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Then they asked Jesus to leave their region.
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As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
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But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, "Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you."
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So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.
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When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.
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Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.
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He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."
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Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.
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Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.
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She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.
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When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
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for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."
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At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
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Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"
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His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
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But he looked around to see who had done it.
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Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
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He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease."
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While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?"
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But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, "Do not be afraid; just believe."
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He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
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They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.
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When he entered he said to them, "Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."
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And they began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.
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Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up."
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The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.
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He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
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When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?
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Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.
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Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house."
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He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
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And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.
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Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
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He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff - no bread, no bag, no money in their belts -
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and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.
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He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.
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If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."
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So they went out and preached that all should repent.
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They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
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Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."
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Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."
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But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!"
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For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.
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For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
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So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not
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because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.
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But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
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When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."
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He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."
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So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."
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Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."
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Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.
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So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.
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He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
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When John's disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
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Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.
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He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).
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So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.
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But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.
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As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.
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When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.
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Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat."
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But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?"
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He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five - and two fish."
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Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.
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So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.
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He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.
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They all ate and were satisfied,
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and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.
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Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.
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Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.
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After saying good-bye to them, he went to the mountain to pray.
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When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.
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He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.
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When they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,
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for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them: "Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid."
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Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished,
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because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
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After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.
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As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.
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They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.
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And wherever he would go - into villages, towns, or countryside - they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
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Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.
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And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.
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And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)
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The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"
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He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.'
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Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition."
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He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
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For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'
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But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),
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then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.
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Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this."
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Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand.
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There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him."
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Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
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For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer." (This means all foods are clean.)
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He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him.
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For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
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All these evils come from within and defile a person."
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After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.
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Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
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The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
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He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."
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She answered, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
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Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter."
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She went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
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Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis.
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They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.
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After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.
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Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, "Ephphatha" (that is, "Be opened").
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And immediately the man's ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.
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Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.
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People were completely astounded and said, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."
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In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,
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"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.
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If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."
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His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"
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He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven."
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Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.
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They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.
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Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
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There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.
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Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
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Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.
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Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."
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Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.
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Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
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And Jesus ordered them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"
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So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread.
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When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?
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Though you have eyes, don't you see? And though you have ears, can't you hear? Don't you remember?
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When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Twelve."
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"When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Seven."
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Then he said to them, "Do you still not understand?"
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Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.
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He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, "Do you see anything?"
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Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking."
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Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
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Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."
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Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"
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They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."
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He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."
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Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
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Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
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But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."
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Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
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For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
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For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
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What can a person give in exchange for his life?
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For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
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