Luke 9:16-52

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.

³⁸And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, “Teacher, I beg You, look upon my son, for he is my only child.

³⁹And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.

⁴⁰So I begged Your disciples that they might cast it out, but they could not.”

⁴¹Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

⁴²And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and gave him back to his father.

⁴³And they were all amazed at the majesty of God. But while everyone marveled at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples,

⁴⁴“Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

⁴⁵But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.

⁴⁶Then a dispute came up among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

⁴⁷But Jesus, having seen the thought of their heart, taking a little child, He stood him beside Himself,

⁴⁸and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all shall be great.”

⁴⁹Now John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”

⁵⁰But Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

⁵¹Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

⁵²and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, so they might prepare for Him.