Luke 9:7-41

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.

²⁷And I tell you in truth, that there are some of those standing here who will not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God.

²⁸And it came to pass about eight days after this discourse, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.

²⁹And while he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was changed, and his raiment became white and glistening.

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

³¹who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure which he was about to fulfill in Jerusalem.

³²But Peter and those who were with him were weighed down with sleep. But when they awoke, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

³³And it came to pass 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 thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah;—not knowing what he said.

³⁴But as he was saying this, there came a cloud and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

³⁵And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is my chosen Son; hear him.”

³⁶And when the voice had come, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it secret, and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

³⁷And it came to pass that on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him.

³⁸And lo! a man from the multitude cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, for he is my only child;

³⁹and lo! a spirit seizeth him, and suddenly crieth out, and convulseth him so that he foameth, and it departeth from him hardly, taking away all his strength.

⁴⁰And I besought thy disciples to cast it out, and they could not.

⁴¹And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring thy son hither.