WARNING HIS DISCIPLES AGAINST THE PHARISEES, CURING A BLIND MAN,
CALLING FORTH PETER'S CONFESSION, AND PREDICTING HIS OWN DEATH.

1 [8:1]IN those days, again a very great multitude being [around him],
and not having any thing to eat, calling his disciples, he said to
them, [8:2]I have compassion on the multitude, because already they
have continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat; [8:3]and if
I send them fasting to their homes, they will faint by the way, for
some of them are from afar. [8:4]And his disciples answered him, Whence
will one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a wilderness?
[8:5]And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven.
[8:6]And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and
taking the seven loaves, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them to
his disciples to set before them, and they set them before the people.
[8:7]And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he
commanded to present them also. [8:8]And they eat and were filled; and
they took up of the fragments that remained over, seven store-baskets;
[8:9]and they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.

2 [8:10]And entering immediately into the ship, with his disciples, he
came into the parts of Dalmanutha. [8:11]And the Pharisees went out and
questioned him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, to try him.
[8:12]And groaning in his spirit, he said, Why does this generation
seek a sign? I tell you truly, there shall no sign be given to this
generation. [8:13]And leaving them, he entered again into the ship, and
went away to the other side.

3 [8:14]And they forgot to take bread, and had but one loaf with them
in the ship. [8:15]And he charged them, saying, Observe and beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. [8:16]And they
reasoned with themselves, because they had no bread. [8:17]And Jesus
knowing it, said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread?
Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart hardened?
[8:18]Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?
And do you not remember? [8:19]When I broke the five loaves for the
five thousand, how many traveling baskets of fragments took you up?
They said to him, Twelve. [8:20]And when I broke the seven loaves for
the four thousand, how many store-baskets of fragments took you up? And
they said, Seven. [8:21]And he said to them, Do you not yet understand?

4 [8:22]An