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In those days the crowd being very great, and having nothing to eat, he called his disciples, and saith unto them; 'I have pity on the crowd, because they continue 'with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and 'if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will 'faint on the road; for some of them are come from afar.' And his disciples answered him; 'Whence can any one 4 'satisfy these men with loaves here in a desert place?' And he asked them; 'How many loaves have ye?' And they said; 'Seven.' And he commanded the crowd to lie down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the crowd. And they had a few small fishes; and he gave praise, and commanded to set them also before them. And they ate and were filled; and they took up of the fragments that were left, seven baskets. And those that ate were about 9 four thousand; and he sent them away.

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And straightway he entered into the boat with his dis- 10 ciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. And the 11 Pharisees came forth, and began to question him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he 12 sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith; 'Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, no 'sign shall be given to this generation.' And he left 13 them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.

Now they had forgotten to take loaves, and had only 14 one loaf with them in the boat. And he charged them, 15 saying; 'Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, 'and of the leaven of Herod.' And they reasoned among 16 themselves, saying; 'It is because we have no loaves.' And Jesus understanding it, saith unto them; 'Why reason 17 'ye, because ye have no loaves? perceive ye not yet, 'neither understand ye? have ye your heart yet hardened?

18 'Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? 19 'and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of frag'ments took ye up?' They say unto him; 'Twelve.' 20 'And when the seven among the four thousand, how 'many baskets full of fragments took ye up?' And they 21 said; 'Seven.' And he said unto them; 'How is it that 'ye do not understand?'

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And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the villages of Cæsarea Philippi; and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them; 'Whom do men say that I am?' 23 And they answered; 'John the Baptist; and others; 29 Elijah; and others; One of the prophets.' And he saith

unto them; And whom do ye say that I am?' And Peter answereth and saith unto him; "Thou art the Christ." 30 And he charged them that they should speak to no one 31 about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, 32 and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke 33 him. And turning round and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying; Get thee behind me, Satan; for 'thou art not thinking of the things of God, but of those ' of men.' And calling the crowd with his disciples, he said unto them; 'Whoever wisheth to follow after me, 'let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow 35 'me. And whoever shall wish to save his life, will lose 'it; and whoever shall lose his life for the sake of me and 36 of the Good Tidings, will save it.' For what will it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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And after six days Jesus taketh Peter and James and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them. And his clothes became shining, very white as snow, as no fuller on earth can whiten them. And there appeared 4 unto them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said unto Jesus; 'Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make 'three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for 'Elijah. For he knew not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and a voice came out of the cloud; 'This is my 'beloved son, hear him.' And looking round suddenly they saw no one any more, save Jesus alone with themselves. And as they came down from the mountain he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, till the Son of man had arisen from the dead. And they kept_10 that saying to themselves, questioning together, what is the rising from the dead. And they asked him, saying; 11 'Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?' And 12 he answered and said unto them; 'Elijah indeed cometh 'first, and restoreth all things;' and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, that Elijah indeed 13 'is come, and they have done to him whatever they 'wished, as it was written of him.'

And when he came to the disciples, he saw a great 14 crowd about them, and scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the crowd, when they saw him, were 15 greatly amazed, and running to him, saluted him. And 16 he asked them; 'What question ye with them?' And 17 one of the crowd answered and said; 'Teacher, I have 'brought to thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit; and 18 'wherever it findeth him, it teareth him; and he foameth

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'unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? 20 'how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.' And they brought him unto him; and when he saw him straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and 21 rolled, foaming. And he asked his father; How long 'is it ago since this came to him?' And he said; 'From 22 a child. And it often cast him into the fire, and into 'the waters, to destroy him; but if thou canst do any 23 thing, pity us and help us.' And Jesus said unto him; 'If thou canst believe; all things are possible to him 24 'that believeth.' And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears; 'I do believe; help thou 25 'my unbelief.' And when Jesus saw that the crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying unto it; Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge 26 'thee; come out of him, and enter no more into him.' And it cried and tore greatly, and came out; and he became 27 as one dead; so that many said that he was dead. But

Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him; and he stood 28 up. And when he was come into a house, his disciples asked him privately; Why could not we cast it out?' 29 And he said unto them; This kind can come forth by 'nothing but by prayer and fasting.'

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And he came to Capernaum; and being in the house, he asked them; 'What was it that ye disputed among 34 yourselves by the way?' But they held their peace; for by the way they had disputed among themselves who 35 was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve, and saith unto them; 'If any one wish to be first, he will 36 'be the last of all, and servant of all.' And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said unto them; 'Whoever shall receive

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' whoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but Him that 'sent me.' And John answered him, saying; 'Teacher, 38 we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we 'forbad him, because he followeth not us.' But Jesus 39 said; Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do 'a mighty work in my name, and can soon speak ill of 'me. For he that is not against you is for you. For40 41 'whoever shall give you a cup of water, in name because ye are of Christ, verily I say unto you, he will not lose his reward. And whoever shall make one of these little 42 ones, that believe in me, to sin, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and it were 'cast into the sea. And if thy hand make thee sin, cut 'it off; it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, 'than having thy two hands to go into the Gehenna, into 'the fire unquenchable; where their worm dieth not, and 44 'the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot make thee sin, 45 cut it off; it is better for thee to enter lame into life, 'than having thy two feet to be cast into the Gehenna, 'into the fire unquenchable; where their worm dieth not, 46 and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye make 47 'thee sin, pluck it out; it is better for thee to enter into 'the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes 'to be cast into the Gehenna of fire; where their worm 'dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For every one 'will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. Salt is good; but if the salt have lost its 'saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in 'yourselves, and be at peace one with another.'

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