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128 The Pharisees demand a Sign.

swered 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 lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this wicked and adulterous generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. 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? 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? When I brake the

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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 3.

Christ restores a Blind Man to Sight near Bethsaida. Peter again confesses Jesus to be the Christ.

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 ought. 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,

8 Matt. xvi. 1-12. Mark viii. 11-21.

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Christ cautions his Disciples.

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.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the coasts and towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they answered and said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, Jeremias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. And he saith 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 God. 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 hell 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 he straitly charged them, and commanded his disciples

Christ foretells his Resurrection.

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that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ".

Christ plainly foretells his Sufferings and Resurrection, rebukes Peter, and exhorts all to Self-denial.

AND from that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that the Son of man must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. And he spake that saying openly. And 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 savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of

men.

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, 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

9 Matt. xvi. 13-20. Mark viii. 22-30. Luke ix. 18-21.

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Christ is Transfigured:

same shall save it. For what is a man profited, 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? 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 with the holy angels. 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. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power, and the Son of man coming in his kingdom'.

Christ is Transfigured: his Discourse with his Disciples on the occasion.

AND it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, Jesus taketh with him. Peter, and James, and John his brother, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves to pray. And as he prayed, he was transfigured before them, and the fashion of his countenance was

1 Matt. xvi. 21-28. Mark viii. 31-ix. 1. Luke ix. 22—27.

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