elongeth to Bethsaida.

9:11. Which when the people knew, they followed him: and he received
them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and healed them who had
need of healing.

9:12. Now the day began to decline. And the twelve came and said to him:
Send away the multitude, that, going into the towns and villages round
about, they may lodge and get victuals; for we are here in a desert
place.

9:13. But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have
no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps, we should go
and buy food for all this multitude.

9:14. Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his
disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

9:15. And they did so and made them all sit down.

9:16. And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to
heaven and blessed them: and he broke and distributed to his disciples,
to set before the multitude.

9:17. And they did all eat and were filled. And there were taken up of
fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets.

9:18. And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples also
were with him: and he asked them, saying: Whom do the people say that I
am?

9:19. But they answered and said: John the Baptist; but some say Elias:
and others say that one of the former prophets is risen again.

9:20. And he said to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter
answering, said: The Christ of God.

9:21. But he strictly charging them, commanded they should tell this to
no man.

9:22. Saying: The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by
the ancients and chief priests and scribes and be killed and the third
day rise again.

9:23. And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny
himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

9:24. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: for he that shall
lose his life for my sake shall save it.

9:25. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world and lose
himself and cast away himself?

9:26. For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son
of man shall be ashamed, when he shall come in his majesty and that of
his Father and of the holy angels.

9:27. But I tell you of a truth: There are some standing here that shall
not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.

9:28. And it came to pass, about eight days after these words, that he
took Peter and James and John and went up into a