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and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)

And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *pleaded with Him to lay His hand on him.

And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He was ordering them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.

And they were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,

"I feel compassion for the crowd because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.

And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."

And He was asking them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."

And He *directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them. And He kept giving them to His disciples to serve to them, and they served them to the crowd.

And they also had a few small fish; and after He blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well.

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

And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

And they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.

"When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" And they *said to Him, "Seven."

And they *came to Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *pleaded with Him to touch him.

And they told Him, saying, "John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets."

And Jesus was saying to them, "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come in power."

And Elijah appeared to them along with Moses and they were conversing with Jesus.

And all at once when they looked around, they saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

And as they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to recount to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead.