Luke 9:16-37

¹⁶And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

¹⁷So they all ate and were satisfied, and twelve baskets of the remaining fragments were taken up by them.

¹⁸And it came to pass, while He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the crowds pronounce Me to be?”

¹⁹So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.”

²⁰He said to them, “But who do you pronounce Me to be?” Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

²¹And He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one,

²²saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised on the third day.”

²³Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

²⁴For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake shall save it.

²⁵For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?

²⁶For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels.

²⁷But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will by no means taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

²⁸Now it came to pass, about eight days after these words, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

²⁹And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and glistening.

³⁰And behold, two men were talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,

³¹who appearing in glory were talking about His decease which He was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

³²But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; but becoming fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.

³³And it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he was saying.

³⁴Now as he said these things, a cloud appeared and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

³⁵And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

³⁶When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept silent, and reported to no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

³⁷Now it happened on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, that a great crowd met Him.