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But many people saw them leave and figured out where they were going. So people from every town ran on ahead and got there first.

Jesus replied, "You give them something to eat." But they asked him, "Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages to buy all of these people something to eat?"

Right away, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and start back across to Bethsaida. But he stayed until he had sent the crowds away.

All of them saw him and were terrified. But at that same time he said, "Don't worry! I am Jesus. Don't be afraid."

Jesus replied: You are nothing but show-offs! The prophet Isaiah was right when he wrote that God had said, "All of you praise me with your words, but you never really think about me.

But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they own has been offered to God.

It doesn't go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body." By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.

Jesus left and went to the region near the city of Tyre, where he stayed in someone's home. He did not want people to know he was there, but they found out anyway.

But Jesus said, "The children must first be fed! It isn't right to take away their food and feed it to dogs."

Jesus told the people not to say anything about what he had done. But the more he told them, the more they talked about it.

The man looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking around."

Jesus said to him, "You may return home now, but don't go into the village."

Then Jesus asked them, "But who do you say I am?" "You are the Messiah!" Peter replied.

Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, "The nation's leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make the Son of Man suffer terribly. He will be rejected and killed, but three days later he will rise to life."

But when Jesus turned and saw the disciples, he corrected Peter. He said to him, "Satan, get away from me! You are thinking like everyone else and not like God."

If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it.

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself?

But Peter and the others were terribly frightened, and he did not know what he was talking about.

At once the disciples looked around, but they saw only Jesus.

So they kept it to themselves. But they wondered what he meant by the words "raised from death."