The Daily Audio Bible

Herod Hears of What Jesus Is Doing And Seeks To See Him

⁷ And Herod^[a] the tetrarch heard-of all the things taking place. And he was greatly-perplexed because of it being said by some that John arose from the dead, ⁸ and by some that Elijah appeared, and by others that some prophet of the ancients^[b] rose-up. ⁹ And Herod said, “I beheaded John. But who is this One about Whom I am hearing such things?” And he was seeking to see Him.

The Twelve Return. Jesus Multiplies Bread And Fish To Feed 5000 Men

¹⁰ And having returned, the apostles related to Him all that they did. And having taken them along, He retreated privately toward a city being called Bethsaida. ¹¹ But the crowds, having known^[c] it, followed Him. And having welcomed them, He was speaking to them about the kingdom of God and healing the ones having a need of a cure. ¹² And the day began to decline. And having come to Him, the twelve said to Him, “Send-away the crowd in order that having gone into the surrounding villages and farms, they may take-up-lodging and find provisions, because here we are in a desolate place”. ¹³ But He said to them, “You give them something to eat”. And the ones said, “There are not more than five loaves and two fish with us— unless perhaps, having gone, we should buy food for this whole group-of-people!”. ¹⁴ For there were about five-thousand men. And He said to His disciples, “Make them lie-down [to eat] in eating-groups— about fifty each”. ¹⁵ And they did so, and made everyone lie down. ¹⁶ And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them in pieces, and was giving them to the disciples to set-before the crowd. ¹⁷ And they ate and were all filled-to-satisfaction. And the amount of fragments left-over by them was picked up— twelve baskets.

Who Do You Say That I Am? Peter Says, You Are The Christ of God

¹⁸ And it came about during His being alone praying that the disciples were with Him. And He questioned them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” ¹⁹ And the ones, having responded, said, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that some prophet of the ancients rose-up”. ²⁰ And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter, having responded, said, “The Christ of God”. ²¹ But the One, having warned them, ordered them to be telling this to no one— ²² having said that “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day”.

Deny Yourself, Take Up Your Cross, Follow Me. Some Here Will See My Kingdom

²³ And He was saying to everyone, “If anyone wants to be coming after Me, let him deny^[d] himself, and let him take up his cross^[e] daily, and let him be following Me. ²⁴ For whoever wants to save^[f] his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for My sake— this one will save it. ²⁵ For what is a person profited— having gained the whole world, but having lost or having forfeited himself ? ²⁶ For whoever is ashamed-of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed-of this one when He comes in the glory of Himself and the Father and the holy angels. ²⁷ And I say to you truly, there are some^[g] of the ones standing here who will by-no-means taste death until they see the kingdom of God”.