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ing among yourselves because you have no bread? Do you not yet see, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many hampers you took up? How is it you do not see that I did not speak to you about bread? But meant for you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then they understood that he told them to beware, not of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Now when Jesus came into the parts of Cæsarea Philippi he asked his disciples:

"Who do they say the Son of man is?"

"Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah ; and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." "But you, who do you say I am?"

"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

It was Peter who answered.

And Jesus answered him :

Blessed are you, Simon son of John, for it was not flesh and blood that revealed it to you, but my Father in Heaven; and I also say to you, that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church; and the powers of death shall not prevail over it.

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I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and

Whatever you declare to be wrong on earth,

Will be considered so in heaven.

Whatever you declare to be right on earth,
Will be considered so in heaven.

Then he charged the disciples not to tell any one he was the Christ.

From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem and endure much suffering from the elders and chief priests and scribes, be killed, and the third day be raised up.

Peter took him and began to rebuke him:

"Let it be far from you, Lord.

never happen to you."

But he turned and said to Peter:

"Get behind me, Satan!

This shall

You are a stumbling

stone to me. For you are not regarding the things

of God, but the things of men."

Jesus then said to his disciples:

"If any one wishes to come after me,

Let him deny himself, take up his cross,
And follow me.

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For whoever wants to save his life

Will lose it.

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Whoever shall lose his life, for my sake,
Will find it.

For what shall a man be profited

If he shall gain the whole world,
And forfeit his life?

Or what shall a man give

In exchange for his life?

For the Son of man will come

In the glory of his Father

With his angels.

And then will he render to every man
According to his deeds.

To tell you the truth:

There are some of those standing here,

Who will most surely not die,

Till they see the Son of man
Coming in his Kingdom."

After six days Jesus takes with him Peter and James and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart.

And he was transformed before them, and his face shone like the sun and his garments became white as the light. And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.

"Lord," Peter said to Jesus, "it is good for us

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to be here. If you wish I will make here three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

While he was still speaking a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice came out of the cloud : "This is my beloved Son.

In him I am well pleased.
Hear him."

When the disciples heard it they fell on their faces and were very much afraid.

Jesus came and touched them, and said:

And raising their eyes they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, and said:

"Do not tell the vision to any one till the Son of man has risen from the dead."

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Why then do the scribes say Elijah must first come?" his disciples asked him.

"Elijah is indeed coming and will restore everything. But I tell you Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. And the Son of man is about to suffer in the same way at their hands."

Then the disciples understood he was speaking to them about John the Purifier.

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When they had come to the crowd, a man came and knelt to him and said:

"Lord take pity on my son, for he is epileptic and is sick. For he often falls into the fire and often into the water, and I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."

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"O faithless and perverse generation," said Jesus. "How long must I be with you? How long must I bear with you? Bring him here to me."

Jesus rebuked him and the demon went out of him; and the boy was cured from that hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus apart, and said:

For to tell you

"Why could not we drive it out?" "Because of your little faith. the truth, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here, there, and it will remove, and nothing will be impossible to you."

While they were gathering themselves together in Galilee Jesus said to them :

"The Son of man will be given into the hands of men. They will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up."