19. I divided five loaves of bread for 5,000 people. Remember how many baskets you filled with pieces of food that were not eaten?”They answered, “We filled 12 baskets.”
20. “And remember that I divided seven loaves of bread for 4,000 people. Remember how many baskets you filled with pieces of food that were not eaten?”They answered, “We filled 7 baskets.”
21. Then Jesus said to them, “You remember these things I did, but you still don’t understand?”
22. Jesus and his followers came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch the man.
23. So Jesus took the blind man’s hand and led him out of the village. Then he spit on the man’s eyes. He put his hands on the blind man and asked, “Can you see now?”
24. The man looked up and said, “Yes, I see people, but they look like trees walking around.”
25. Again Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then the man opened his eyes wide. His eyes were healed, and he was able to see everything clearly.
26. Jesus told him to go home, saying, “Don’t go into the town.”
27. Jesus and his followers went to the towns around Caesarea Philippi. While they were traveling, Jesus asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
28. They answered, “Some people say you are John the Baptist. Others say you are Elijah. And others say that you are one of the prophets.”
29. Then Jesus asked, “Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
30. Jesus ordered his followers, “Don’t tell anyone who I am.”
31. Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things. He taught that the Son of Man would not be accepted by the Jewish elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law. He taught that the Son of Man must be killed and then rise from death after three days.
32. Jesus told them plainly what would happen. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to criticize him.
33. But Jesus turned and looked at his followers. Then he criticized Peter and said, “Go away from me, Satan! You don’t care about the things of God. You care only about things men think are important.”
34. Then Jesus called the crowd to him, along with his followers. He said, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must say ‘no’ to the things he wants. He must be willing to die on a cross, and he must follow me.
35. Whoever wants to save his life will give up true life. But whoever gives up his life for me and for the Good News will have true life forever.
36. It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul.