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"The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,

and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

"And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."

His disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus.

Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

They said to Him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish."

and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear.

And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick;

and they implored Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured.

Then the disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"

"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.

So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."

And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full.