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8.
Some days passed, and the crowd did swell.
And his disciples heard him call:
Pity the suff’ring multitude,
Here for three days and without food:
If I now send them all away,
They will faint in the blazing day.
Then one of his disciples said,
How can the desert give us bread?
The crowd still sat there on the ground,
And seven loaves were all they found.
Jesus gave thanks and broke the bread,
And a few fish. On this they fed,
There was more than enough for all –
Left over, seven baskets full.
Then Jesus sent the crowd away
And he came down to cross the sea.
Again there came authorities
Seeking a sign to be their test.
He sighed and turned his eye within,
And said, Why do they seek a sign?
There is no sign would prove me true,
And in his boat off he did go.
Now, all their bread they had forgot;
There was just one loaf in the boat.
He warned his followers, Take heed,
What people may put in your bread…
What does this mean, take heed? they said,
We’re hungry, and we have no bread!
He cried, Will you not understand?
Your hearts are hard, your eyes are blind.
Do you remember, back on shore,
One loaf became a thousand more,
And still you fear to go without!
Do you not understand me yet?
And so they came again to shore.
A crowd had gathered there once more;
They brought a person who was blind
So he could heal him with his hand.
From the village they all went out,
Into his eyes saw Jesus spit.
He asked the blind man, Do you see?
He answered, I see men, but they,
They look like trees, walking like men,
So Jesus touched his eyes again,
He looked again, and saw them clear,
So Jesus sent him off from there.
Then Jesus asked his company,
What now do people say of me?
You’re John the Baptist, some believe,
Or you’re Elijah, still alive.
But who do you believe I am?
You are the Christ, Peter told him.
You all can tell me what you may,
What others should not hear you say.
Soon comes the day when all of us
Will suffer the authorities,
They will kill me like any man,
But in three days, I’ll rise again.
Said Peter, Lord, let this not be!
He said, Satan, get behind me!
For if my death you would deny,
You are condemned as men to die.
The multitude he called to him.
And here is what he said to them:
If any one would follow me,
That one must his own self deny;
Take up your cross and come with me,
Forsaking any other way.
If you save your life, you are lost;
If you lose it, do not count cost,
Life lost for gospel’s sake, and mine,
Will bring you to the gate of heav’n.
And what could pay you for your breath?
The world is worthless after death.
So those who would my name deny
Have little faith, and they will die.
