They say unto him, “Twelve.”

“And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up?”

And they say unto him, “Seven.”

And he said unto them, “How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread?  But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

THE BLIND MAN HEALED.

And they come unto Bethsaida.  And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech him to touch him.  And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, “Seest thou aught?”

And he looked up, and said, “I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking.”

Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked stedfastly, and was restored, and saw all things clearly.  And he sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not even enter into the village.”

JESUS THE MESSIAH

PETER’S CONFESSION.

And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi.

And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him:  and he asked them, saying, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”

And they answering, said, “Some say John the Baptist; some Elijah; and others, Jeremiah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”

And he said unto them, “But who say ye that I am?”

And Simon Peter answered and said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

And Jesus answered and said unto him, “Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah:  for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.  And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.  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 the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ.

THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION FORETOLD.

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

And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Be it far from thee, Lord:  this shall never be unto thee.”

But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, “Get thee behind me, Satan:  thou art a stumbling-block unto me:  for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.”