1 Naqueles dias, outra vez reuniu-se uma grande multidão. Visto que não tinham nada para comer, Jesus chamou os seus discípulos e disse-lhes:
2 "Tenho compaixão desta multidão; já faz três dias que eles estão comigo e nada têm para comer.
3 Se eu os mandar para casa com fome, vão desfalecer no caminho, porque alguns deles vieram de longe".
4 Os seus discípulos responderam: "Onde, neste lugar deserto, poderia alguém conseguir pão suficiente para alimentá-los? "
5 "Quantos pães vocês têm? ", perguntou Jesus. "Sete", responderam eles.
6 Ele ordenou à multidão que se assentasse no chão. Depois de tomar os sete pães e dar graças, partiu-os e os entregou aos seus discípulos, para que os servissem à multidão; e eles o fizeram.
7 Tinham também alguns peixes pequenos; ele deu graças igualmente por eles e disse aos discípulos que os distribuíssem.
8 O povo comeu até se fartar. E ajuntaram sete cestos cheios de pedaços que sobraram.
9 Cerca de quatro mil homens estavam presentes. E, tendo-os despedido,
10 entrou no barco com seus discípulos e foi para a região de Dalmanuta.
11 Os fariseus vieram e começaram a interrogar Jesus. Para pô-lo à prova, pediram-lhe um sinal do céu.
12 Ele suspirou profundamente e disse: "Por que esta geração pede um sinal miraculoso? Eu lhes afirmo que nenhum sinal lhe será dado".
13 Então se afastou deles, voltou para o barco e atravessou para o outro lado.
14 Os discípulos haviam se esquecido de levar pão, a não ser um pão que tinham consigo no barco.
15 Advertiu-os Jesus: "Estejam atentos e tenham cuidado com o fermento dos fariseus e com o fermento de Herodes".
16 E eles discutiam entre si, dizendo: "É porque não temos pão".
17 Percebendo a discussão, Jesus lhes perguntou: "Por que vocês estão discutindo sobre não terem pão? Ainda não compreendem nem percebem? Seus corações estão endurecidos?
18 Vocês têm olhos, mas não vêem? Têm ouvidos, mas não ouvem? Não se lembram?
19 Quando eu parti os cinco pães para os cinco mil, quantos cestos cheios de pedaços vocês recolheram? " "Doze", responderam eles.
20 "E quando eu parti os sete pães para os quatro mil, quantos cestos cheios de pedaços vocês recolheram? " "Sete", responderam eles.
21 Ele lhes disse: "Vocês ainda não entendem? "
22 Eles foram para Betsaida, e algumas pessoas trouxeram um cego a Jesus, suplicando-lhe que tocasse nele.
23 Ele tomou o cego pela mão e o levou para fora do povoado. Depois de cuspir nos olhos do homem e impor-lhe as mãos, Jesus perguntou: "Você está vendo alguma coisa? "
24 Ele levantou os olhos e disse: "Vejo pessoas; elas parecem árvores andando".
25 Mais uma vez, Jesus colocou as mãos sobre os olhos do homem. Então seus olhos foram abertos, e sua vista lhe foi restaurada, e ele via tudo claramente.
26 Jesus mandou-o para casa, dizendo: "Não entre no povoado! "
27 Jesus e os seus discípulos dirigiram-se para os povoados nas proximidades de Cesaréia de Filipe. No caminho, ele lhes perguntou: "Quem o povo diz que eu sou? "
28 Eles responderam: "Alguns dizem que és João Batista; outros, Elias; e, ainda outros, um dos profetas".
29 "E vocês? ", perguntou ele. "Quem vocês dizem que eu sou? " Pedro respondeu: "Tu és o Cristo".
30 Jesus os advertiu que não falassem a ninguém a seu respeito.
31 Então ele começou a ensinar-lhes que era necessário que o Filho do homem sofresse muitas coisas e fosse rejeitado pelos líderes religiosos, pelos chefes dos sacerdotes e pelos mestres da lei, fosse morto e três dias depois ressuscitasse.
32 Ele falou claramente a esse respeito. Então Pedro, chamando-o à parte, começou a repreendê-lo.
33 Jesus, porém, voltou-se, olhou para os seus discípulos e repreendeu Pedro, dizendo: "Para trás de mim, Satanás! Você não pensa nas coisas de Deus, mas nas dos homens".
34 Então ele chamou a multidão e os discípulos e disse: "Se alguém quiser acompanhar-me, negue-se a si mesmo, tome a sua cruz e siga-me.
35 Pois quem quiser salvar a sua vida, a perderá, mas quem perder a vida por minha causa e pelo evangelho, a salvará.
36 Pois, que adianta ao homem ganhar o mundo inteiro e perder a sua alma?
37 Ou, o que o homem poderia dar em troca de sua alma?
38 Se alguém se envergonhar de mim e das minhas palavras nesta geração adúltera e pecadora, o Filho do homem se envergonhará dele quando vier na glória de seu Pai com os santos anjos".
1 In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,
2 I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;
3 If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.
4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?
5 And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.
6 And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.
7 And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.
8 And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.
9 And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.
10 And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
12 And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.
13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.
14 And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.
15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.
17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?
18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
19 When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.
21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?
22 And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?
24 And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.
25 Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.
26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.
27 And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?
28 And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.
29 And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.
30 And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.
31 And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.
32 And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.
33 But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
34 And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.
36 What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?
37 And what would a man give in exchange for his life?
38 Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.