The Feeding of the Four Thousand
(2 Kings 4:42–44; Matthew 15:29–39)

1In those days, the crowd again† being great and not having what they might eat, having summoned the disciples,† He says to them, 2“I have compassion toward the crowd, because already three days they continue with Me and have nothing that they might eat. 3And if I shall dismiss them hungry to their house, they will faint on the way. And† some of them have come from afar.”

4And His disciples answered Him, “From where will anyone be able to satisfy these with loaves here in a wilderness?”

5And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you⁺ have?”

And they said, “Seven.”

6And He commands the crowd to recline on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, He broke them and was giving them to His disciples to set before them. And they set them before the crowd. 7And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, He said to set before them these also.

8And they ate and were satisfied, and they took up an abundance of fragments—seven baskets. 9And there were about four thousand.†

And He dismissed them. 10And immediately, having entered into the boat with His disciples, He went to the parts of Dalmanutha.

The Demand for a Sign
(Matthew 16:1–4; Luke 12:54–56)

11And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him.

12And having sighed deeply in His spirit, He says, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you⁺, no sign will be given to this generation.” 13And having left them, having embarked again, He went away to the other side.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod
(Matthew 16:5–12; Luke 12:1–3)

14And they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the boat. 15And He was instructing them, saying, “Watch! Take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

16And they were reasoning with one another because they had no loaves.†

17And having known, He says to them, “Why do you⁺ reason that you⁺ have no loaves? Do you⁺ not yet perceive, nor do you⁺ understand? Do you⁺ have† your⁺ heart hardened? 18‘Having eyes, do you⁺ not see? And having ears, do you⁺ not hear?’† And do you⁺ not remember? 19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of fragments did you⁺ take up?”

They say to Him, “Twelve.”

20“When also the seven were for the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you⁺ take up?”

And they said, “Seven.”

21And He was saying to them, “Do you⁺ not yet understand?†”

The Blind Man at Bethsaida

22And they come† to Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man and implore Him that He might touch him. 23And having taken hold of the hand of the blind man, He led him forth outside of the village. And having spit upon his eyes, having laid the hands upon him, He was asking him, “Do you see anything?”†

24And having looked up, he was saying, “I see the men, because I see them as trees walking.”

25Then He laid the hands upon his eyes again, and he opened his eyes, and he was restored,† and he was seeing everything clearly. 26And He sent him to his house, saying, “Do not enter into the village.”†

Peter’s Confession of Christ
(Matthew 16:13–20; Luke 9:18–20; John 6:67–71)

27And Jesus and His disciples went out into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way, He was questioning His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say I am?”

28And they spoke to Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”

29And He was questioning them, “But you⁺, who do you⁺ say I am?”

Answering, Peter says to Him, “You are the Christ.”

30And He warned them that they should tell no one concerning Him.

Christ’s Passion Foretold
(Matthew 16:21–23; Luke 9:21–22)

31And He began to teach them that it is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again. 32And He was speaking openly the word. And Peter, having taken Him aside, began to rebuke Him.

33But having turned and having seen His disciples, He rebuked Peter, and He says, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

Take Up Your Cross
(Matthew 16:24–28; Luke 9:23–27)

34And having summoned the crowd with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to come after† Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. 35For whoever may want to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life on account of Me and of the gospel, he will save it.

36For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and to lose his soul?† 37For† what shall a man give as an exchange for his soul? 38For whoever may be ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when He shall come in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Footnotes:

1 BYZ and TR do not include again.
1 BYZ and TR His disciples
3 BYZ and TR For
9 4,000 Men is implied here, that is, in addition to women and children; see Matthew 15:38; BYZ and TR include who had eaten.
16 BYZ and TR And they were reasoning with one another, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”
17 BYZ and TR include Do you still have.
18 See Deuteronomy 29:4, Isaiah 42:20, Jeremiah 5:21, and Ezekiel 12:2.
21 BYZ and TR How do you not yet understand?
22 BYZ and TR He comes
23 BYZ and TR He was asking him if he could see anything.
25 BYZ and TR upon his eyes and made him look up, and his sight was restored
26 BYZ and TR “Do not enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
34 BYZ follow after
36 BYZ and TR What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his soul?
37 BYZ and TR Or