Luke 9:7-41

⁷Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

⁸And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.

⁹And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

¹⁰And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

¹¹But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and he was pleased to see them, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God, and made those well who were in need of it.

¹²And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

¹³But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

¹⁴For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.

¹⁵And they did so, and made them all be seated.

¹⁶And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

¹⁷And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

¹⁸And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?

¹⁹And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

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

²¹But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any man;

²²Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

²³And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

²⁴For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

²⁵For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

²⁶For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

²⁷But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.

²⁸And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.

²⁹And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.

³⁰And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;

³¹Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death which was about to take place in Jerusalem.

³²Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him.

³³And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

³⁴And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.

³⁵And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

³⁶And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

³⁷And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

³⁸And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

³⁹And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.

⁴⁰And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.

⁴¹And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.