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4:1-9

8:27-9:1

Again he began to teach by the sea.

Jesus went forth with his disciples into the villages of Caesare’s Philippi (which is by the sea).

A very large crowd were assembled near him so that he went to sit in a ship in the sea. Al the crowd were on the land and facing the sea. He (Jesus) taught them many things and presented his teaching in parables.

Along the way he questioned his disciples asking them who people thought him to be. They told him saying. " Some think you to be John the Baptist and others Elias. Others think you to be one of the prophets." Then he (Jesus) questioned them “But you, who do you say that I am?” Answering Peter said to him “You are the Christ.” And he warned them that they may not tell anyone about him.

He said "Behold someone went out to sow seed.. And it happened as he sowed some of this fell by the way and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky places where there was not much earth. Immediately this sprang up because there was no depth of earth. And when the sun rose it was scorched. As it did not have enough roots it was withered. And other seed fell among thorns and the thorns came up and choked it and so it did not give fruit. And other seed again fell into the good earth. It came up and gave fruit up to thirty and sixty and even a hundred fold."

And he began to teach them that it behooves the Son of man to suffer many things and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and then to be killed. And after three days he would rise again. (Jesus) spoke these words openly. Then Peter was taking him aside to rebuke him. But He, (Note: occasional use of capital letter for pronoun) turning around and seeing his disciples (watching) rebuked Peter instead and said “Get behind me Satan, because you do not mind the things of God but the things of men.” And calling to him the crowd with his disciples, he said to them. "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up this cross and let him follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. But whoever will lose his life for the sake of me and the gospel, will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and yet be lost within his soul. For what can somebody give in exchange for their soul? Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, then the Son of man will be ashamed of him in turn when he comes into the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

He said. "Whoever has ears to hear this, let them hear."

And he said to them. "Truly I tell you that there are some people standing here who will not taste death before they see the Kingdom of God having come in power."