JMNT(i)
1 During those days – there again being a large crowd of folks [who] also [were] not at that time having anything they could be eating – upon calling His disciples to Himself, He continues in saying to them,
2 "I am again moved in my inner being (inner organs) with compassion on the crowd, because they continue remaining already three days with Me, focused toward Me, and they continue having nothing they can be eating.
3 "So if I should loose them away (= send them off) unto their homes, fasting (= hungry, having no food), they will proceed falling apart in the road, being faint and exhausted – and some of them have arrived [here] from far away."
4 But then His disciples made a logical reply to Him, "From where will anybody here on [the] wilderness (uninhabited, deserted, isolated or desert place) be able to feed and satisfy these folks with loaves of bread?"
5 So He went on to ask them, "How many loaves of bread do you men presently have?" And they said, "Seven."
6 Then He proceeded in making an announcement to the crowd, instructing [them] to recline (lean back) upon the ground. Then taking the seven loaves of bread [while] expressing gratitude for the good gift (or: the wellness from the ease of grace), He broke [them] in pieces and began giving [these] to His disciples so that they could proceed in placing [them] alongside [the crowd]. So they served the crowd, placing [the pieces of bread] beside [them].
7 They also were in possession of a few small fish. So, upon blessing them with good words, He told [them] to proceed in also placing these beside [the crowd], and to continue serving.
8 So they all ate, and fed until satisfied. Then they picked up the result of the surplus of the superabundance of broken pieces – seven hamper-size provision baskets [full]!
9 Now those eating were about four thousand men. After that He loosed them away (dismissed them).
10 Next, upon stepping into the little boat with His disciples, He immediately went into the parts (= the vicinity or district) of Dalmanutha.
11 Now at one point the Pharisees came out [to where He was] and began to be discussing and arguing with Him, repeatedly seeking to see a sign from the heaven (or: from the sky) at His side (or: from beside Him), continuing in examining, trying and testing Him (or: requiring proof [of His claim]).
12 Then, sighing again in His spirit (or: deeply groaning, inwardly by the effect of His breath and in His mood), He continues to say, "Why is this generation continually seeking (constantly trying to find) a sign? It is true! (or: So be it; Amen; Verily; Count on it; Truly,) I am now saying, If a sign (or: Make it so, I now say, since a sign) will progressively be given to this generation–!"
13 And sending them away (or: leaving them), upon again stepping into a little boat He went off into [the area of] the other side (= the opposite shore).
14 And it happened that they completely forgot, and thus neglected, to take (or: get) loaves of bread, and, except for one loaf, they continued having nothing with them within the boat.
15 Then He began instructing, and continued to be fully setting things in order for them, saying, "Be continuously looking and observing, so as to be seeing with perception! Be constantly taking note of and look out for so as to beware of the leavening agent (or: the yeast; = the pervading elements of fermentation and fomentation) of the Pharisees as well as the leavening agent of Herod [i.e., = the pervading doctrines and theology of the structured and organized religion, as well as current governmental politics]."
16 So they began reasoning-through [this saying] and kept on presenting deliberations to one another, discussing [the situation] that they are repeatedly having no loaves of bread [other MSS: ... that, "we constantly have no bread"].
17 And becoming aware (= noticing it), He is then saying to them, "Why do you continue reasoning about and discussing [the fact] that you folks are repeatedly having no bread? Are you men not yet in the habit of directing your minds so as to perceive and understand? Are you neither making [sayings, thoughts or events] to continually flow together so that you can understand? Do you continue having your heart which has been turned to stone (has been hardened or calloused so as to now be settled in a petrified state)?
18 "Constantly having eyes, are you not continuing to observe so as to see? Constantly having ears, are you not continuing to listen so as to hear? And are you men not continuing to remember?
19 "When I broke the five loaves of bread into (or: for the situation of) the five thousand men, how many wicker hand-baskets full of fragments (broken pieces) did you men pick up?" They are then saying to Him, "Twelve."
20 "And when [I broke] the seven loaves into the four thousand men, how many provision-hampers filled with fragments did you men pick up?" And they are then saying to Him, "Seven."
21 So He continued in saying to them, "Are you not yet allowing [these things] to flow together so that you get the meaning?"
22 And so they proceed in coming into Bethsaida. Here people are now progressively bringing a blind man to Him, repeatedly calling Him to his side, continuing to urge and implore Him, that He would touch him.
23 So then, taking a hold upon the blind man's hand, He led him forth, outside of the village. Then, upon spitting into his eyes while placing [His] hands on him, He proceeded to ask him, "What, if anything (or: Whatsoever), are you now seeing?"
24 And looking up, he kept on saying, "I continue looking at the people (humans); I continue seeing them as trees continually walking around!"
25 Next, He again put [His] hands upon his eyes, and then he looked throughout and saw thoroughly (= clearly), and he was restored to his former state. He even kept on attentively looking at and seeing everything at a distance quite distinctly.
26 So He sent him away, unto his house, saying, "Neither should you enter into the village, nor yet may you speak to anyone in the village."
27 Next Jesus and His disciples went out into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way (in the road) He began questioning His disciples, saying to them, "Who are the people (humans; men and women) now normally speaking [of] Me to be?"
28 Now they said to Him, " [They] are repeatedly saying that [You are] John the baptist. And others [are saying] Elijah, yet others that [You are] one of the prophets."
29 And then He continued inquiring of them, "But you yourselves, whom are you repeatedly saying Me to be?" So Peter, replying from discernment, is then decidedly saying to Him, "You Yourself are the Christ (the Anointed One; = the Messiah) – the Son of God!"
30 Then with complete graciousness, He respectfully gave admonition to them to the end that they should be telling no one about Him.
31 Next He began to progressively teach them that it is necessary (it remains binding) for the Son of the Man (or: the son of man; = the Human Being) to experience (or: to be affected by; to suffer) many things, and after being put to the test, to be disapproved and rejected under and by the elders (older men, perhaps signifying members of the Sanhedrin), the head (or: chief; ranking) priests, and the scribes (Torah-teachers; experts in the Law; theologians), then to be killed-off – and yet, after three days, to stand back up again (or: to rise up, again).
32 Now with boldness, in freedom of speaking as being a citizen, and by plainness of speech He was repeatedly speaking the message (= this word, or, saying). Then Peter, drawing Him hospitably aside to himself, began to graciously and respectfully give corrective admonition to Him.
33 So Jesus, being turned about and seeing (or: looking at; perceiving) His disciples, graciously and respectfully gave instructive (or: corrective) admonition to Peter and says, "Be habitually bringing the things pertaining to the adversary under control behind Me (or: Be continually leading under that which is adversarial [to a place] behind Me; or: Be gone, under [My] authority, and continue withdrawing behind Me [= Move out of My way], O [My] opponent {or: satan}), because you continue not having a frame of mind which is disposed to the things of God, nor are you habitually directing your intellect to the issues which have their source in God, but to the contrary, [your frame of mind is disposed to and your intellect is applied to] the things pertaining to humanity (or: which belong to and have their source in people)."
34 Then, upon calling the crowd – together with His disciples – toward Himself, He said to them, "If anyone continues purposing (intending; willing) to come behind (or: after) Me, let him once for all completely renounce (deny; disown; = say "No!" to) himself and pick up his cross (or: torture and death stake), and [thus] let him be continuously (habitually; progressively) following (coming after and accompanying) Me.
35 "For you see, whosoever may continue purposing (intending; willing) to save (deliver; rescue) his soul (or: the soul-life pertaining and having its source in himself; or: the soul which is himself; his inner life) will progressively destroy and lose it (or: her). Yet whoever destroys his soul (or: soul-life; = the inner life of the false self) on account of Me and for the sake of the good news (the message of ease, wellness and goodness) will progressively deliver (rescue; save) it (or: will continue restoring her to health, wholeness and her original state and condition).
36 "For what continues benefiting a person (or: progressively augments or repeatedly brings help or profit to a man) to gain (acquire possession of) the whole world (ordered system of culture, religion, government or economy; universe) and to undergo forfeiture of his soul (or: to receive damage or detriment to his soul-life or the soul which is him)?
37 "For what can (would; could; should; [other MSS: will]) a person (a human) give as a price paid in exchange for and equivalent to his soul (or: his soul-life; the soul which is himself)?"
38 "Furthermore, whosoever may be ashamed of or embarrassed because of Me and My messages (Words; Thoughts; Ideas) within the midst of this adulterous and erring (failing; mis-shooting; sinful; deviating) generation, the Son of the Man (or: the son of mankind; the Human Son) will also continue being ashamed of and embarrassed because of him – whenever (at the time that) He may come within the midst of His Father's glory (or: in a manifestation which calls forth praise for His Father) along with the set-apart agents (or: holy messengers; sacred folks with the message)."