Luke 9:31-62

³¹who appeared in a glorified state, and spoke of his departure, which was destined to take place at Jerusalem.

³²Peter and his companions had been overpowered by sleep but, suddenly becoming wide awake, they saw Jesus glorified and the two men who were standing beside him.

³³And, as Moses and Elijah were passing away from Jesus, Peter exclaimed, “Sir, it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what he was saying;

³⁴and, while he was speaking, a cloud came down and enveloped them; and they were afraid, as they passed into the cloud;

³⁵and from the cloud came a voice which said — “This is my Son, the Chosen One; him you must hear.”

³⁶And, as the voice ceased, Jesus was found alone. The apostles kept silence, and told no one about any of the things that they had seen.

³⁷The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met Jesus.

³⁸And just then a man in the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, I entreat you to look at my son, for he is my only child;

³⁹all at once a spirit will seize him, suddenly shriek out, and throw him into convulsions until he foams, and will leave him only when he is utterly exhausted.

⁴⁰I entreated your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they could not.”

⁴¹“Faithless and perverse generation!” Jesus exclaimed; “how long must I be with you and have patience with you? Lead your son here.”

⁴²While the boy was coming up to Jesus, the demon dashed him down and threw him into convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the foul spirit, and cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

⁴³And all present were struck with awe at the majesty of God. In the midst of the general astonishment at all that Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁴“Listen carefully to my words. For the Son of Man is destined to be betrayed into the hands of his fellow men.”

⁴⁵But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.

⁴⁶A discussion arose among the disciples as to which of them was the greatest;

⁴⁷and Jesus, knowing of the discussion that was occupying their thoughts, took hold of a little child, and placed it beside him,

⁴⁸and then said to them, “Anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even this little child is welcoming me; and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his messenger. For whoever is least among you all — that person is great.”

⁴⁹John said, “Sir, we saw a man driving out demons by using your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow you with us.”

⁵⁰“None of you must prevent him,” Jesus said to John; “whoever's not against you is for you.”

⁵¹As the days before his being taken up to heaven were growing few, Jesus set his face resolutely in the direction of Jerusalem; and he sent on messengers in advance.

⁵²On their way, they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,

⁵³but the people there did not welcome him, because his face was set in the direction of Jerusalem.

⁵⁴When James and John saw this, they said, “Master, do you wish us to call for fire to come down from the heavens and consume them?”

⁵⁵But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

⁵⁶And they made their way to another village.

⁵⁷And, while they were on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁵⁸“Foxes have holes,” he replied, “and wild birds their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

⁵⁹To another man Jesus said, “Follow me.” “Let me first go and bury my father,” said the man.

⁶⁰But Jesus said, “Leave the dead to bury their dead; but go yourself and carry far and wide the news of the kingdom of God.”

⁶¹“Master,” said another, “I will follow you; but first let me say goodbye to my family.”

⁶²But Jesus answered, “No one who looks back, after putting their hand to the plow, is fitted for the kingdom of God.”