The Feeding of the Four Thousand
(2 Kings 4:42–44; Matthew 15:29–39)
In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said, Mat 15:32-39Mrk 6:34-44 “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. Mat 9:36Mic 7:19Psa 103:13Psa 145:15Heb 4:15Heb 5:2Luk 7:13Mat 14:14 If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.” Isa 40:31Jdg 8:4-61Sa 14:28-311Sa 30:10-12
His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?” Mat 15:33Mrk 6:52Mrk 6:36-37Psa 78:19-202Ki 7:2Jhn 6:7-9Num 11:21-232Ki 4:42-44
“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. Mat 14:15-17Luk 9:13Mat 15:34Mrk 6:38
“Seven,” they replied.
And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd. Col 3:17Jhn 6:10-11Mat 14:18-19Mat 15:35-361Co 10:30-31Jhn 2:5Jhn 6:23Rom 14:6 They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well. Mat 14:19Jhn 21:5Jhn 21:8-9Luk 24:41-42Luk 6:41
The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. Mat 16:10Psa 145:162Ki 4:42-44Mrk 8:19-20Psa 107:8-92Ki 4:2-7Jhn 6:11-13Jhn 6:32-35 And about four thousand men 1were present.
As soon as Jesus had dismissed the crowd, He got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha. Mat 15:39
The Demand for a Sign
(Matthew 16:1–4; Luke 12:54–56)
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven. Mat 12:381Co 10:9Jhn 4:481Co 1:22-23Deu 6:16Exo 17:7Luk 11:16Luk 12:54-57
Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.” Mat 12:39-40Jhn 12:37-43Mat 16:4Mrk 7:34Luk 11:29-30Luk 22:67-70Mrk 3:5Isa 53:3 And He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side. Act 18:6Act 13:45-46Hos 4:17Hos 9:12Jer 23:33Jhn 12:36Jhn 8:21Luk 8:37
The Leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod
(Matthew 16:5–12; Luke 12:1–3)
Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. Mat 16:5 “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.” 1Co 5:6-8Mat 16:6Mat 16:11-12Mrk 12:13Luk 12:1-2Exo 12:18-20Lev 2:11Pro 19:27
So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. Luk 20:5Luk 9:46Mat 16:7-8
Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? Mrk 6:52Heb 5:11-12Isa 63:17Mrk 2:8Mrk 3:5Mat 16:8-9Heb 4:12-13Jhn 16:30 ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ 2 And do you not remember? Act 28:26-27Mat 13:14-15Jer 5:21Mrk 4:12Ezk 12:2Jhn 12:40Isa 6:9-10Isa 42:18-20 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” Jhn 6:5-13Luk 9:12-17Mat 14:17-21Mrk 6:38-44
“Twelve,” they answered.
“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” Mat 15:34-38Mrk 8:1-9
“Seven,” they said.
Then He asked them, “Do you still not understand?” Mrk 6:52Psa 94:81Co 15:341Co 6:5Jhn 14:9Mat 16:11-12Mrk 8:12Mrk 8:17
The Blind Man at Bethsaida
When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. Mat 11:21Luk 10:13Mrk 6:45Jhn 1:44Jhn 12:21Mat 8:15Mat 9:29Mrk 2:3 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked. Mrk 7:33Jhn 9:6-7Act 9:8Mrk 5:23Isa 44:2Isa 51:18Heb 8:9Jer 31:32
The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.” Isa 29:181Co 13:9-12Isa 32:3Jdg 9:36
Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly. Php 1:6Pro 4:181Pe 2:92Pe 3:18Mat 13:12 Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.” 3 Mat 8:4Mat 12:16Mat 9:30Mrk 5:43Mrk 7:36Mrk 8:23
Peter’s Confession of Christ
(Matthew 16:13–20; Luke 9:18–20; John 6:67–71)
Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?” Luk 9:18-20Mat 16:13-20
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” Jhn 1:21Mal 4:5Mat 14:2Mrk 9:11-13Luk 9:7-9Mat 16:14Mrk 6:14-16
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” 1Jn 4:15Mat 16:15-161Jn 5:1Jhn 11:27Luk 9:20Act 9:20Jhn 4:42Jhn 1:41-49
Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him. Luk 9:21Mat 16:20Mrk 9:9Mat 8:4Mrk 7:36Mrk 8:26
Christ’s Passion Foretold
(Matthew 16:21–23; Luke 9:21–22)
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again. Mrk 10:33-34Jhn 2:19Luk 24:261Sa 10:19Act 7:35Hos 6:2Luk 17:25Mat 16:21-28 He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. Mat 16:22Jhn 16:25Jhn 16:29Jhn 18:20Jhn 13:6-8Luk 10:40Mrk 4:38
But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” Mat 4:10Php 3:191Jn 2:15Jas 3:15-18Gen 3:4-6Mat 6:31-32Mrk 3:34Psa 141:5
Take Up Your Cross
(Matthew 16:24–28; Luke 9:23–27)
Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. Mat 10:38Luk 14:26-27Jhn 10:27Gal 5:24Gal 2:201Ki 14:81Jn 3:16Num 14:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it. 2Ti 2:11-131Co 9:23Luk 17:332Ti 1:8Mat 16:25Jhn 12:25-26Mat 10:392Co 12:10
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Mat 16:26Luk 9:25Psa 49:17Jas 1:9-11Php 3:7-9Luk 12:19-20Heb 11:24-26Rom 6:21 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Psa 49:7-81Pe 1:18-19 If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.” Luk 12:8-9Rom 1:161Jn 2:23Jas 4:4Luk 9:26Mat 10:32-332Ti 1:8Mat 26:64