9:3. And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats. 9:4. And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there and depart not from thence. 9:5. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them. 9:6. And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing every where. 9:7. Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him. And he was in a doubt, because it was said 9:8. By some that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that Elias had appeared: and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 9:9. And Herod said: John I have beheaded. But who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him. 9:10. And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had done. And taking them, he went aside into a desert place, apart, which belongeth to Bethsaida. 9:11. Which when the people knew, they followed him: and he received them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and healed them who had need of healing. 9:12. Now the day began to decline. And the twelve came and said to him: Send away the multitude, that, going into the towns and villages round about, they may lodge and get victuals; for we are here in a desert place. 9:13. But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps, we should go and buy food for all this multitude. 9:14. Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company. 9:15. And they did so and made them all sit down. 9:16. And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them: and he broke and distributed to his disciples, to set before the multitude. 9:17. And they did all eat and were filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets. 9:18. And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples also were with him: and he asked them, saying: Whom do the people say that I am? 9:19. But they answered and said: John the Baptist; but some say Elias: and others say that one of the former prophets is risen again. 9:20. And he said to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answering, said: The Christ of God. 9:21. But he strictly charging them, commanded they should tell this to no man. 9:22. Saying: The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the ancients and chief priests and scribes and be killed and the third day rise again. 9:23. And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 9:24. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: for he that shall lose his life for my sake shall save it.