Luke 9:6-26

⁶And they departed, and went through the towns publishing the glad tidings, and performing cures everywhere.

⁷And Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was taking place, and was perplexed; because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead;

⁸and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets had risen.

⁹But Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

¹⁰And the apostles returned and told him what they had done; and taking them with him, he withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida.

¹¹But the multitudes, when they knew it, followed him; and he welcomed them, and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

¹²And when the day began to decline, the twelve came and said to him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages around, and the open country, and lodge, and get food; for we are here in a desert place.

¹³But he said to them, Do ye give them food. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we ourselves should go and buy food for l all these people.

¹⁴They were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them lie down in companies of fifty.

¹⁵And they did so, and made them all lie down.

¹⁶Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

¹⁷And they ate, and were all filled; and what remained to them of fragments was taken up, twelve baskets.

¹⁸And it came to pass as he was in a private place praying, that his disciples were with him; and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?

¹⁹And they answering said, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets hath risen.

²⁰And he said to them, But who do ye say that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

²¹But he strictly charged them, 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 be put to death, and rise again on the third day.

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

²⁴For whoever chooseth to save his life, will lose it; and whoever loseth his life for my sake, he will save it.

²⁵For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit himself?

²⁶For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when be cometh in his glory, and that of his Father, and of the holy angels.