And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

So the people were overwhelmingly dumbfounded, and kept saying, "How wonderfully He has done everything! He even makes deaf people hear and dumb people talk."

About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

His disciples replied, "Where can anyone get bread enough, here in this solitude, to satisfy these people's hunger?"

And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven."

And he commanded the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, [after he] had given thanks he broke [them] and began giving [them] to his disciples so that they could set [them] before [them]. And they set [them] before the crowd.

They [also] had a few small fish and after asking God's blessing on them, He ordered these also to be set in front of them.

So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

So He left them, went on board again, and came away to the other side.

and when He admonished them, "See to it, be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod,"

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

Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven.

And he comes to Bethsaida, and they bring a blind man to him, and call for him so that he might touch him.

And 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 upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

So He sent him home, and added, "Do not even go into the village."

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

He was openly talking about this. So Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

But turning around [with His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan; for your mind is not set on God’s will or His values and purposes, but on what pleases man.”

Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;

So they [carefully and faithfully] kept the matter to themselves, discussing and questioning [with one another] what it meant to rise from the dead.

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

And he answered and said to them: Elijah comes first, and restores all things, and, as it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be despised, so Elijah is to suffer.

But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

And straightway all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

"Teacher," answered a man in the crowd, "I brought my son to see you, as he has a dumb spirit in him;

and whenever it seizes him [intending to do harm], it throws him down, and he foams [at the mouth], and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. I told Your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it.”

And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he answered, "Since he was a small child.

And it often casts him both into the fire and into the waters so that it might destroy him. But if thou can do anything, help us, having compassion toward us.

Jesus said to him, “[You say to Me,] ‘If You can?’ All things are possible for the one who believes and trusts [in Me]!”

With tears flowing, the child's father at once cried out, "I do believe! Help my unbelief!"

When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

And having cried out and torn him much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.

So, they left there and traveled through Galilee, but Jesus did not want anyone to know about it.

for he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into men's hands, and they shall kill him; and having been killed, after three days he shall rise again.

So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?"

But they had nothing to say, for they had discussed with one another which of them was to be the greatest.

So he sat down, called the Twelve, and told them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

“Whoever receives and welcomes one child such as this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives not [only] Me, but Him who sent Me.”

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It's better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

"Salt is good, but if it loses its salty flavor, what will you use to restore it? [i.e., it is difficult to restore the "salt" of sacrificial commitment to God once it is lost]. You should have salt in yourselves [i.e., develop the qualities of preserving, purifying commitment to God], and live peacefully with one another [i.e., instead of in rivalry. See 9:33-34].

And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?

So they said, "Moses permitted [a man] to write a certificate of divorce and to send [her] away."

That's why "a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

Therefore, those whom God so joins together [in the marriage bond], no person must ever separate."

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

And they were bringing young children to him so that he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Then He lifted up the children into His arms, and placing His hands on them, He asked God's blessing on them.

As He was leaving on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially good and morally perfect], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.

You know the commandments--'Do not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not say what is false about others. Do not cheat. Honor thy father and thy mother.'"

But the man was saddened at Jesus’ words, and he left grieving, because he owned much property and had many possessions [which he treasured more than his relationship with God].

The disciples were amazed at what he said; so he repeated, "My sons, how difficult it is [for those who rely on money] to get into the Realm of God!

It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans it's impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God."

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

or lands for my sake and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold: now in this time indeed, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions; but in the world to come life everlasting.

They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were full of wonder, and some, though they followed, did so with fear. Then, once more calling to Him the Twelve, He began to tell them what was about to happen to Him.

"See," He said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and the Scribes. They will condemn Him to death, and will hand Him over to the Gentiles;

And Zebedee's two sons, James and John, came up to him and said, "Master, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

So he said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

So they said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit one at your right hand and one at [your] left in your glory."

And they said to him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with,

Jesus told them, "You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

When they heard this the ten began to be indignant at James and John, so Jesus called them to him and said:

And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be everybody's slave.

And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

And many rebuked him, that he might be silent; but he cried so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.