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The Book of Jesus Chapter Nine: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
The Second Miracle of the Loaves
NARRATOR.
Now the great crowd that had gathered during these days had nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them:
JESUS.
I feel sorry for all these people, they've stayed with me for three days and don't have anything to eat. If I send them away to their
homes hungry, they might collapse on the way. Some of them have traveled a great distance.
DISCIPLES.
Where can anyone get enough bread to feed all these people, here in this deserted place?
JESUS.
How many loaves do you have?
DISCIPLES.
Seven and a few small fish.
NARRATOR.
He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. He took the seven loaves, gave thanks, broke them and gave them to his disciples
to distribute and they distributed the bread among the people. The few small fish they had he also blessed and directed the disciples to
distribute them also among the people. So all the people ate all they wanted and were filled. And they collected seven baskets of
scraps that had been left over and eaten. Now there had been about 4,000 men that had eaten, to say nothing of the women and the
children. Jesus sent them away, got into the boat with his disciples and came to the coasts of Magdala, the region of Dalmanutha.
Matthew 15:32-39; Mark 8:1-10
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The Pharisees Ask for a Sign
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NARRATOR.
And it occurred that the Pharisees and the Sadducees came up to him. They began to question him and put him to a test, asking him to
show them a sign from heaven.
JESUS.
When it's evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, because the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be a bad day today, because the
sky is red and overcast.' Oh you hypocrites! You can read the face of the sky, but you can't read the signs of the times. [sighing deeply
in his spirit] Why does this generation look for a sign? A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign. I tell you most sincerely,
there will not be a sign given to this generation except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
NARRATOR.
And he left them, boarded the boat again and embarked for the other side.
Matthew 16:1-4; Mark 8:11-13
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The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
NARRATOR.
The disciples, having crossed to the other shore, had forgotten to take any food with them and had only one loaf in the boat with them.
Jesus warned them and said:
JESUS.
Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees and the yeast of Herod.
NARRATOR.
The disciples reasoned among themselves and said:
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