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But He sighed deeply in His spirit ,
and said , "
Why does this generation seek a sign ?
Assuredly ,
I say to you ,
no sign shall be given to this generation ."
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And He left them ,
and getting into the boat again ,
departed to the other side .
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Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread ,
and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat .
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Then He charged them ,
saying , "
Take heed ,
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod ."
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And they reasoned among themselves ,
saying , "
It is because we have no bread ."
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But Jesus ,
being aware of it ,
said to them , "
Why do you reason because you have no bread ?
Do you not yet perceive nor understand ?
Is your heart still hardened ?
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Having eyes ,
do you not see ?
And having ears ,
do you not hear ?
And do you not remember ?
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When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand ,
how many baskets full of fragments did you take up ?"
They said to Him , "
Twelve ."
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Also ,
when I broke the seven for the four thousand ,
how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up ?"
And they said , "
Seven ."
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So He said to them , "
How is it you do not understand ?"
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Then He came to Bethsaida ;
and they brought a blind man to Him ,
and begged Him to touch him .
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So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town .
And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him ,
He asked him if he saw anything .
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And he looked up and said , "
I see men like trees ,
walking ."
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Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up .
And he was restored and saw everyone clearly .
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Then He sent him away to his house ,
saying , "
Neither go into the town ,
nor tell anyone in the town ."
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Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi ;
and on the road He asked His disciples ,
saying to them , "
Who do men say that I am ?"
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So they answered , "
John the Baptist ;
but some say ,
Elijah ;
and others ,
one of the prophets ."
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He said to them , "
But who do you say that I am ?"
Peter answered and said to Him , "
You are the Christ ."
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Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him .
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And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things ,
and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes ,
and be killed ,
and after three days rise again .
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He spoke this word openly .
Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him .
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But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples ,
He rebuked Peter ,
saying , "
Get behind Me ,
Satan !
For you are not mindful of the things of God ,
but the things of men ."
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When He had called the people to Himself ,
with His disciples also ,
He said to them , "
Whoever desires to come after Me ,
let him deny himself ,
and take up his cross ,
and follow Me .
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For whoever desires to save his life will lose it ,
but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel '
s will save it .
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For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world ,
and loses his own soul ?
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Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul ?
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For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation ,
of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels ."