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

⁹But Herod said, “John I beheaded; so who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he started trying to see Him.

¹⁰When the Apostles returned they reported to Him all that they had done. Then He took them and withdrew privately to a deserted place belonging to a town called Bethsaida.

¹¹But the crowds, being aware, followed Him. So He received them and started speaking to them about the Kingdom of God, and He cured those who needed healing.

¹²Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go to the surrounding villages and their farms, lodge and find food; because we are in a deserted place here.”

¹³But He said to them, “You feed them!” So they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd”

¹⁴(there were about five thousand men). But He said to His disciples, “Make them recline in groups of fifty!”

¹⁵They did so, making them all recline.

¹⁶Then He took 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 multitude.

¹⁷So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the pieces they left were taken up.

¹⁸Now it happened, as He was alone praying, that the disciples joined Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the crowds say I am?”

¹⁹In answer they said, “John the Baptizer, but others say ‘Elijah,’ while others that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.”

²⁰Then He said to them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” In answer Peter said, “The Christ of God!”

²¹But He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one,

²²saying, “The Son of the Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”

²³Then He said to everyone: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁴Because whoever desires to ‘save’ his life will waste it, but whoever ‘wastes’ his life for my sake, he will save it.

²⁵Further, what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, yet wastes or forfeits his very self?

²⁶Yes, whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of the Man will be ashamed of Him, whenever He comes in the glory—His, and the Father's, and of the holy angels.

²⁷However, I tell you truly: there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Kingdom of God!”

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

²⁹And as He prayed, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing dazzling white.

³⁰And then, two men started talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah;

³¹they appeared in glory and were explaining His ‘departure’, that He was about to bring to fruition in Jerusalem.

³²Now 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.

³³Then it happened: as they were parting from Him, Peter said to Jesus: “Master, it is good for us to be here” and “Should we make three shelters: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah?”—not knowing what he was saying.

³⁴But as he was saying this a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they became afraid as they entered 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. (They kept quiet and told 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 large crowd met Him.

³⁸And then, a man from the crowd called out, saying: “Teacher, I beg you, look upon my son, for he is my only begotten.

³⁹And oh, a spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams, and it convulses him with foaming, and it hardly departs from him, destroying him!

⁴⁰And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”

⁴¹Then in answer Jesus said: “O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you (pl)? Bring your (sg) son here!”