1 In die dae toe daar 'n baie groot menigte was en hulle niks gehad het om te eet nie, het Jesus sy dissipels na Hom geroep en vir hulle gesê:

2 Ek voel innig jammer vir die skare, omdat hulle al drie dae by My bly en niks het om te eet nie.

3 En as Ek hulle honger huis toe stuur, sal hulle op die pad beswyk, want sommige van hulle kom van ver.

4 En sy dissipels antwoord Hom: Waarvandaan sal 'n mens hulle hier in die woestyn kan versadig met brood?

5 Toe vra Hy hulle: Hoeveel brode het julle? En hulle sê: Sewe.

6 En Hy gee aan die skare bevel om op die grond te gaan sit; daarop neem Hy die sewe brode, en nadat Hy gedank het, breek Hy dit en gee dit aan sy dissipels om dit voor te sit; en hulle sit dit aan die skare voor.

7 Hulle het ook 'n paar vissies gehad; en nadat Hy gedank het, sê Hy dat hulle dit ook moet voorsit.

8 En hulle het geëet en versadig geword en die oorskot van die brokstukke opgetel, sewe mandjies vol.

9 En die wat geëet het, was omtrent vier duisend. En Hy het hulle weggestuur.

10 En dadelik het Hy met sy dissipels in die skuit geklim en in die streke van Dalmanuta gekom.

11 En die Fariseërs het uitgegaan en met Hom begin redetwis en van Hom 'n teken uit die hemel gevra om Hom te versoek.

12 Toe sug Hy swaar in sy gees en sê: Waarom begeer hierdie geslag 'n teken? Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, aan hierdie geslag sal sekerlik geen teken gegee word nie.

13 En Hy het hulle verlaat en weer in die skuit geklim en na die oorkant gegaan.

14 En hulle het vergeet om brode saam te neem, en het net een brood by hulle in die skuit gehad.

15 En Hy het hulle beveel en gesê: Pas op, wees op julle hoede vir die suurdeeg van die Fariseërs en die suurdeeg van Herodes.

16 Toe redeneer hulle onder mekaar en sê: Dit is omdat ons geen brode het nie.

17 En Jesus merk dit en sê vir hulle: Waarom redeneer julle dat julle geen brode het nie? Begryp julle nie en verstaan julle nie? Het julle nog jul verharde hart?

18 Het julle oë en sien julle nie? En het julle ore en hoor julle nie?

19 En onthou julle nie toe Ek die vyf brode vir die vyf duisend gebreek het, hoeveel mandjies vol brokstukke julle opgetel het nie? Hulle sê vir Hom: Twaalf.

20 En die sewe vir die vier duisend -- hoeveel mandjies vol brokstukke het julle opgetel? En hulle sê: Sewe.

21 Toe sê Hy vir hulle: Hoe verstaan julle dan nie!

22 En Hy het in Bets ida gekom, en hulle het 'n blinde man na Hom gebring en Hom gesmeek om hom aan te raak.

23 Hy neem toe die blinde by die hand en lei hom uit buitekant die dorp; en nadat Hy in sy oë gespuug en hom die hande opgelê het, vra Hy hom of hy iets sien.

24 En hy kyk op en sê: Ek sien die mense, want ek sien hulle soos bome rondloop.

25 Daarna lê Hy weer die hande op sy oë en laat hom opkyk, en hy is herstel en het almal van ver af duidelik gesien.

26 En Hy het hom na sy huis gestuur en gesê: Moenie in die dorp gaan of dit aan iemand in die dorp vertel nie.

27 En Jesus en sy dissipels het uitgegaan na die dorpe van Cesar,a-Fil¡ppi; en op die pad vra Hy sy dissipels en sê vir hulle: Wie sê die mense is Ek?

28 En hulle antwoord: Johannes die Doper, en ander: El¡a, en ander: Een van die profete.

29 En Hy sê vir hulle: Maar julle, wie sê julle is Ek? En Petrus antwoord en sê vir Hom: U is die Christus.

30 En Hy het hulle streng beveel om niemand van Hom te vertel nie.

31 Toe het Hy hulle begin leer dat die Seun van die mens baie moet ly en verwerp word deur die ouderlinge en owerpriesters en skrifgeleerdes en gedood word en n drie dae opstaan.

32 En hierdie woord het Hy ronduit gespreek. En Petrus het Hom opsy geneem en Hom begin bestraf.

33 Maar Hy het Hom omgedraai, en terwyl Hy sy dissipels aankyk, het Hy Petrus bestraf en gesê: Gaan weg agter My, Satan! Want jy bedink nie die dinge van God nie, maar die van die mense.

34 En toe Hy die skare saam met sy dissipels na Hom geroep het, sê Hy vir hulle: Wie agter My aan wil kom, moet homself verloën en sy kruis opneem en My volg.

35 Want elkeen wat sy lewe wil red, sal dit verloor; maar elkeen wat sy lewe om My ontwil en om die evangelie ontwil verloor, hy sal dit red.

36 Want wat sal dit 'n mens baat as hy die hele wêreld win en aan sy siel skade ly?

37 Of wat sal 'n mens gee as losprys vir sy siel?

38 Want elkeen wat hom vir My en my woorde skaam in hierdie owerspelige en sondige geslag, vir hom sal die Seun van die mens Hom ook skaam wanneer Hy kom in die heerlikheid van sy Vader met die heilige engele.

1 In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place? 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 6 And he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them; and they set them before the multitude. 7 And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them. 8 And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets. 9 And they were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10 And straightway he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, trying him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and again entering into the boat departed to the other side.

14 And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread. 17 And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?

22 And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him. 23 And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Seest thou aught? 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking. 25 Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked stedfastly, and was restored, and saw all things clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.

27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Cæsarea Philippi: and on the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? 28 And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets. 29 And he asked them, But who say ye that I am? Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake the saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. 34 And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it. 36 For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 37 For what should a man give in exchange for his life? 38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.