18. You have eyes — can't you see? You have ears — can't you hear? Don't you remember
19. when I broke the five loaves for the 5,000 people? How many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?”“Twelve,” they answered.
20. “And when I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000 people,” asked Jesus, “how many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?”“Seven,” they answered.
21. “And you still don't understand?” he asked them.
22. They came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him.
23. Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. After spitting on the man's eyes, Jesus placed his hands on him and asked him, “Can you see anything?”
24. The man looked up and said, “Yes, I can see people, but they look like trees walking about.”
25. Jesus again placed his hands on the man's eyes. This time the man looked intently, his eyesight returned, and he saw everything clearly.
26. Jesus then sent him home with the order, “Don't go back into the village.”
27. Then Jesus and his disciples went away to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Tell me, who do people say I am?”
28. “Some say that you are John the Baptist,” they answered; “others say that you are Elijah, while others say that you are one of the prophets.”
29. “What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”
30. Then Jesus ordered them, “Do not tell anyone about me.”
31. Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. He will be put to death, but three days later he will rise to life.”
32. He made this very clear to them. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33. But Jesus turned round, looked at his disciples, and rebuked Peter. “Get away from me, Satan,” he said. “Your thoughts don't come from God but from human nature!”
34. Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. “If anyone wants to come with me,” he told them, “he must forget self, carry his cross, and follow me.