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(^10) Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that plac e,
and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the
loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they
wanted. He did the same with the fish.
(^12) When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disc iples, “Gather the piec es
that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled
twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had
eaten.
(^14) After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is
the Prophet who is to come into the world.”^15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to
c o me a n d ma ke h im king by forc e, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
Jesus Walks on the Water
(^16) When evening c ame, his disc iples went down to the lake, (^17) where they got into a
boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had
not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew
rough.^19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus
approac hing the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. 20 But he
said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were willing to take him into the
boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
(^22) The next day the c rowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake
realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with
his disc iples, but that they had gone away alone. 23 Then some boats from Tiberias^
landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had
given thanks. 24 Onc e the c rowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disc iples were
there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in searc h of Jesus.
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.^2 His disc iples asked him,
“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
(^3) “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that
the works of God might be displayed in him.^4 As long as it is day, we must do the
works of him who sent me. Night is c oming, when no one c an work.^5 While I am in
the world, I am t he light of t he world.”
(^6) After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put
it on the man’s eyes.^7 “Go,” he t old him, “wash in t he Pool of Siloam” (t his word
means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and c ame home seeing.
(^8) His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the
same man who used to sit and beg?”^9 Some claimed that he was.
Ot hers said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
(^10) “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.