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so they all eat and were satisfied, the broken meat that was left amounting to seven baskets.

now they that had eaten were four thousand: and then he dismissed them.

there the Pharisees being come, they began to dispute with him, and to try him, desir'd he would work some miracle in the sky.

and when I divided the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you carry away? they answered, seven.

From thence Jesus went attended with his disciples to the villages of Cesarea Philippi. and ask'd them by the way, who do they say I am?

they answered, some say you are John the Baptist; others, Elias; and others, one of the prophets.

and instantly looking round about, they did not see any other person but Jesus with them.

but I tell you, that Elias is already come, as it was foretold; and they have treated him at their discretion.

as soon as they saw him, they were over-joyed, and ran to salute him.

but they did not comprehend the meaning, and were ashamed to ask him about it.

Moses, said they, allowed a bill of divorce, and so to dismiss her.

"wherefore, 'tis said, a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."

When they were in the house, the disciples asked him again concerning this matter, and he said to them,

at this they were more amazed than before, and said to one another, how then can such a man be saved?

but they that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

When they were on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus led the way, and they followed behind full of apprehension and fear. then Jesus calling the twelve apostles to him again, acquainted them with what should befal him.

they will treat him with ignominy, subject him to the lash, spit upon him, and at last put him to death. but on the third day he will rise again.

they replied, when you are in your glory, grant that we may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on your left.

and they said, we can. but Jesus replied, you shall indeed drink of the cup, that I must drink of, and be baptized with the baptism, with which I must be baptized; but to sit on my right hand,

but the other ten, when they heard this, were fill'd with indignation against James and John.