13. He said to them, “Give them some food yourselves.” They replied, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have, unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people.”
14. Now the men there numbered about five thousand. Then he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of [about] fifty.”
15. They did so and made them all sit down.
16. Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
17. They all ate and were satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.
18. Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
19. They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”
20. Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.”
21. He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.
22. He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
23. Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
24. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
25. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?
26. Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.