1 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them, 2 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."

4 His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"

They said, "Seven."

6 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude. 7 They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also. 8 They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over. 9 Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.

10 Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha. 11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven and testing him. 12 He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."

13 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side. 14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them. 15 He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

16 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It’s because we have no bread."

17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet or understand? Is your heart still hardened? 18 Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"

They told him, "Twelve."

20 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"

They told him, "Seven."

21 He asked them, "Don’t you understand yet?"

22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

24 He looked up, and said, "I see men, but I see them like walking trees."

25 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly. 26 He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."

27 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"

28 They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others, one of the prophets."

29 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

Peter answered, "You are the Christ."

30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him. 31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him and began to rebuke him. 33 But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life? 38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels."

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.