Luke 9:1-29 ▼

1 Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;

2 and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.

3 And He commanded them, "Take nothing for your journey; neither stick nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have an extra under garment.

4 Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from it start afresh.

5 Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."

6 So they departed and visited village after village, spreading the Good News and performing cures everywhere.

7 Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on; and he was bewildered because of its being said by some that John had come back to life,

8 by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.

9 And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity of seeing Jesus.

10 The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done. Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat, to a town called Bethsaida.

11 But the immense crowd, aware of this, followed Him; and receiving them kindly He proceeded to speak to them of the Kingdom of God, and those who needed to be restored to health, He cured.

12 Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, "Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district."

13 "You yourselves," He said, "must give them food." "We have nothing," they replied, "but five loaves and a couple of fish, unless indeed we were to go and buy provisions for all this host of people."

14 But He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in parties of about fifty each."

15 They did so, making them all, without exception, sit down.

16 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

17 So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

18 One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

19 "John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life."

20 "But you," He asked, "who do you say that I am?" "God's Anointed One," replied Peter.

21 And Jesus strictly forbad them to tell this to any one;

22 and He said, "The Son of Man must suffer much cruelty, be rejected by the Elders and High Priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again."

23 And He said to all, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day, and so be my follower.

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

25 Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.

26 For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels.

27 I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God."

28 It was about eight days after this that Jesus, taking with Him Peter, John, and James, went up the mountain to pray.

29 And while He was praying the appearance of His face underwent a change, and His clothing became white and radiant.