Luke 9:7-41

⁷Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by Him; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

⁸and by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the ancient prophets had arisen.

⁹And Herod said, “John I have beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he was seeking to see Him.

¹⁰And the apostles, when they had returned, recounted to Him all that they had done. And taking them along, He withdrew privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

¹¹But when the crowds found out, they followed Him; and He welcomed them, and was speaking to them about the kingdom of God, and He cured those who needed healing.

¹²Now when the day began to decline, the twelve came and said to Him, “Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and they may find lodging and find provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.”

¹³But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

¹⁴For there were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, “Make them recline in groups of fifty.”

¹⁵And they did so, and made them all recline.

¹⁶And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

¹⁷So they all ate and were satisfied, and twelve baskets of the remaining fragments were taken up by them.

¹⁸And it came to pass, while He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the crowds pronounce Me to be?”

¹⁹So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.”

²⁰He said to them, “But who do you pronounce Me to be?” Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

²¹And He strictly warned 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 to be killed, and to be raised on the third day.”

²³Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

²⁴For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake shall save it.

²⁵For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?

²⁶For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels.

²⁷But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will by no means taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

²⁸Now it came to pass, about eight days after these words, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

²⁹And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and glistening.

³⁰And behold, two men were talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,

³¹who appearing in glory were talking about His decease which He was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

³²But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; but becoming fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.

³³And it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he was saying.

³⁴Now as he said these things, a cloud appeared and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

³⁵And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

³⁶When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept silent, and reported to no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

³⁷Now it happened on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, that a great crowd met Him.

³⁸And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, “Teacher, I beg You, look upon my son, for he is my only child.

³⁹And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.

⁴⁰So I begged Your disciples that they might cast it out, but they could not.”

⁴¹Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”