15. They did so, and had them all sit down.
16. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people.
17. And they all ate and were satisfied; and the broken pieces which they had left over were picked up, twelve baskets full.
18. And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the people say that I am?"
19. They answered and said, "John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again."
20. And He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered and said, "The Christ of God."
21. But He warned them and instructed them not to tell this to anyone,
22. saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day."
23. And He was saying to them 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, he is the one who will save it.
25. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
26. For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.