Luke 9:33-54

³³As the two men were about to leave, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it's great to be here. Let's make some shelters: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He really didn't know what he was saying.

³⁴While he was speaking a cloud came and spread over them. They were terrified as they entered the cloud.

³⁵A voice spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him!”

³⁶When the voice finished speaking, Jesus was there alone. They kept this to themselves, and didn't tell anyone at that time what they'd seen.

³⁷The next day, when they had come down the mountain, a huge crowd was waiting to meet Jesus.

³⁸A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, please look at my son. He's my only child.

³⁹A spirit possesses him and he screams immediately. It sends him into convulsions and makes him foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone and it causes him a lot of pain.

⁴⁰I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.”

⁴¹“What an unbelieving and corrupt people you are! How long do I have to remain here with you, and put up with you?” said Jesus. “Bring your son here.”

⁴²Even as the boy came over, the demon sent him into convulsions, throwing him to the ground. But Jesus intervened, rebuking the evil spirit and healing the boy, and then gave him back to his father.

⁴³Everyone was amazed at this demonstration of God's power. However, even though everyone was amazed by all he did, Jesus warned his disciples,

⁴⁴“Listen carefully to what I'm telling you: the Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

⁴⁵But they didn't understand what this meant. Its meaning was hidden from them so they didn't realize its implications, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

⁴⁶Then an argument started among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.

⁴⁷But Jesus, knowing what they were arguing about, picked up and placed a small child next to him.

⁴⁸Then he said to them, “Anyone who accepts this little child in my name accepts me, and anyone who accepts me accepts the one who sent me. Whoever is least among you all is the greatest.”

⁴⁹John spoke up, saying, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him because he wasn't one of us.”

⁵⁰“Don't stop him,” Jesus replied. “Anyone who isn't against you is for you.”

⁵¹As the time approached for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus was determined to go to Jerusalem.

⁵²He sent messengers on ahead to a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

⁵³But the people would not welcome him because he was determined to press on to Jerusalem.

⁵⁴When James and John saw this, they asked Jesus, “Master, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to burn them up?”