Luke 9:4-25

⁴And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there, and depart not from thence.

⁵And 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.

⁶And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

⁷Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him; and he was in a doubt, because it was said

⁸By 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.

⁹And Herod said: John I have beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

¹⁰And 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.

¹¹Which 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.

¹²Now 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.

¹³But 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.

¹⁴Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

¹⁵And they did so; and made them all sit down.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁷And they did all eat, and were filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets.

¹⁸And 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?

¹⁹But they answered, and said: John the Baptist; but some say Elias; and others say that one of the former prophets is risen again.

²⁰And he said to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answering, said: The Christ of God.

²¹But he strictly charging them, commanded they should tell this to no man.

²²Saying: 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.

²³And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

²⁴For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; for he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it.

²⁵For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, and cast away himself?