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loaf. And He charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned one with another, because they had no bread. 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? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember when I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many handbasketfuls of broken pieces ye took up? They say unto Him, Twelve. When the seven among the four thousand, how many hampers of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto Him, Seven. And He said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?

And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind man and beseech Him to touch him. 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? And he looked up, and said, I see the men ; for I behold them as trees walking. Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes; and he looked stedfastly, and was restored, and saw all things clearly. And He sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.

PART 5.

THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE.

Because of the Malice of His Enemies and His Disciples' Need of Instruction, He Withdraws from the Multitudes into the Circle of His Disciples-Results of His Ministry Thus Far, as Regards the People and as Regards the Twelve. Peter's Confession of the Christ. The Training of the Twelve. The Way of the Cross First Foretold. The Kingdom in Sight-His Transfiguration-He Heals the Possessed Boy. The Disciples' Failure-The Secret of His Power: He Gives Himself without Reserve and without Fear. Second Foretelling of His Sufferings-The Disciples Dispute about Precedence. Greatness in the Kingdom. The Little Child-Instruction in Humility and Tolerance-Instruction as to Marriage and Children-Earthly Riches and the Kingdom. The Glory and Power of Self-Sacrifice Shown to the Rich Young Ruler and the Poor Disciples. Third Foretelling of His Sufferings. He Leads the Way in Sacrifice-Blind Begging of James and John for Princely Honor in the Kingdom-The Blind Beggar Bartimæus Receives Sight and Immediately Follows Him. 8. 27-10. 52.

AND Jesus went forth, and His disciples, into the villages of Cæsarea Philippi: and in the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, Who do men say that I am? And they told Him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah ; but others, One of the prophets. And He asked them, But you, who say ye that I am? Peter answereth and saith unto Him, Thou art the Christ. And He charged them that they should tell no man of Him. 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 : and He spake the saying openly. And Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him. But He turning about and seeing His disciples, rebuked Peter and saith, Get thee

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behind me, Satan: for thou art taking not the part of God but of men. 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. 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. For what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what should a man give in exchange for his life? 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. And He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There be some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

And after six days Jesus taketh with Him Peter and James and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves. And He was transfigured before them, and His garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them. And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three booths; one for Thee and one for Moses and one for Elijah. For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid. And there came a cloud surrounding them with brightness, and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is My beloved Son, hear ye Him. And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves. And as they were coming down from the mountain He

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charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of Man should have risen again from the dead. And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean. And they asked Him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come? And He said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first and restoreth all things; and how is it written of the Son of Man, that He should suffer many things and be set at nought? But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they listed, even as it is written of him.

And when they came to the disciples they saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the multitude when they saw Him, were greatly amazed, and running to Him saluted Him. And He asked them, What question ye with them? And one of the multitude answered Him, Master, I brought unto Thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth him down, and he foameth and grindeth his teeth and pineth away: and I spake to Thy disciples that they should cast it out; and they were not able. And He answereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto Me. And they brought him unto Him. And when he saw Him straightway the spirit tare him grievously, and he fell on the ground and wallowed foaming. And He asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child and oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him but if Thou canst do anything, have compassion on us and help us. And Jesus said unto him, As to that

9 23 word, If Thou canst, all things are possible to him that believeth. Straightway the father of the child cried out and said, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. And when Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him and enter no more into him. And having cried out and torn him much he came out: and the child became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose. And when He was come into the house His disciples asked Him privately, How is it that we could not cast it out? And He said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing save by prayer.

And they went forth from thence and passed through Galilee; and He would not that any man should know it for He taught His disciples and said unto them, The Son of Man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him; and when He is killed, after three days He shall rise again. But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

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And they came to Capernaum. the house He asked them, What were ye reasoning in the way? But they held their peace; for they had disputed one with another in the way, who was the greatest. And He sat down and called the twelve and saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all and minister of all. And He took a little child and set him in the midst of them, and taking him in His arms He said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in My name receiveth Me: and whosoever receiveth Me, receiveth not Me, but Him that sent Me. John said unto Him, Master, we saw one