Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Immediately he made the disciples get into a boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?”

But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.”

Feeding the Four Thousand

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for the crowd because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

The disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in the desert to feed so great a crowd?”

he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.

Peter’s Declaration about Jesus

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised.

The Cross and Self-Denial

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear.

And the disciples asked him, “Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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

And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”

True Greatness

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Then children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them,

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?”

A Third Time Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves and said to them on the way,