Study Desk

"I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me for three days already 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 people to recline on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve, and they served them to the people.

They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He told the disciples to serve these 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 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 some people brought a man who was blind to Jesus and begged Him to touch him.

They told Him, saying, "John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and 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 when it has come with power."

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

And suddenly they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

And they asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

"But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him."

And when they came back to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him.

and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. And I told Your disciples so that they would cast it out, but they could not do it."

And they brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

And from there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.