Walks and Words of Jesus Part 13

O woman, great _is_ thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.

And he said unto her,

For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

And again Jesus departed from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee: through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

And he took him aside from the mult.i.tude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,

Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published _it_; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

And (Jesus) went up into a mountain, and sat down there. And great mult.i.tudes came unto him, having with them _those that were_ lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them; insomuch that the mult.i.tude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the G.o.d of Israel.

In those days the mult.i.tude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples _unto him_, and saith unto them,

I have compa.s.sion on the mult.i.tude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: and if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way.

For divers of them came from far. And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a mult.i.tude? And Jesus saith unto them,

How many loaves have ye?

And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the mult.i.tude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake _them_, and gave to his disciples, to set before _them_; and they did set _them_ before the people. And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before _them_. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken _meat_ that was left seven baskets full.

And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

CHAPTER x.x.x.

PHARISEES ASK A SIGN--REASONS FOR FAITH--BLIND MEN.

And he sent away the mult.i.tude. And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came forth, and began to question with him, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them,

When it is evening, ye say, _It will be_ fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, _It will be_ foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O _ye_ hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not _discern_ the signs of the times? A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith,

Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. Then Jesus charged them, saying,

Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and _of_ the leaven of Herod.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, _It is_ because we have taken no bread. _Which_ when Jesus perceived, he said unto them,

O ye of little faith, Why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand? Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?

They say unto him, Twelve.

And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?

And they said, Seven. And he said unto them,

How is it that ye do not understand that I spake _it_ not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Then understood they how that he bade _them_ not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put _his_ hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying,

Neither go into the town, nor tell _it_ to any in the town.

CHAPTER x.x.xI.

JESUS FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and it came to pa.s.s, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,

Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

And they said, Some _say that thou art_ John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

He said unto them,

But whom say ye that I am?

And Simon Peter answered and said unto him, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living G.o.d. And Jesus answered and said unto him,

Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed _it_ unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church; and the gates of h.e.l.l shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he, the Son of man, must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things and be rejected of the elders, and _of_ the chief priests, and scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly.

Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter saying,

Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of G.o.d, but those that be of men.

And when he had called the people _unto him_ with his disciples also, he said to them all,

Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, what is a man advantaged, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or be cast away?

or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and _in his_ Father's, and of the holy angels.