Luke 9:37-62 ▼

37 And it came to pass the next day, on their having come down from the mountain, that a great crowd met Him.

38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, “Teacher, I implore You to look upon my son, because he is the only begotten unto me.

39 And behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it throws him into convulsions with foaming, and with difficulty it departs from him, crushing him.

40 And I begged Your disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.”

41 And answering, Jesus said, “O unbelieving and perverse generation, until when will I be with you? and bear with you?? Bring your son here.”

42 And in his still coming near, the demon threw him down and threw him into convulsions. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and He healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

43 And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But of all wondering at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples,

44 “You? let these words sink into your? ears; for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

45 But they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, so that they should not understand it. And they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.

46 And a reasoning entered among them, who might be the greater of them.

47 But Jesus, having known the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a little child, set him beside Himself,

48 and He said to them, “Whoever shall receive this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever shall receive Me receives the One having sent Me. For the one being least among you? all, he is great.”

49 And answering, John said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we were forbidding him because he does not follow with us.”

50 And Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid it; for whoever is not against you? is for you?.”

51 And it came to pass in the completing of the days of His being taken up that He steadfastly set the face to go to Jerusalem.

52 And He sent messengers before His face, and having gone, they entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for Him.

53 And they did not receive Him, because His face was going to Jerusalem.

54 And having seen it, the disciples James and John said, “Lord, do You want that we should call fire to come down from heaven and to consume them?”

55 But having turned, He rebuked them,

56 and they went to another village.

57 And in their going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You may go.”

58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere He might lay the head.”

59 And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first, having gone away, to bury my father.”

60 But He said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but you, having gone away, declare the kingdom of God.”

61 And yet another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first allow me to bid farewell to those at my home.”

62 But Jesus said to him, “No one having laid the hand upon the plow and looking to the things behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”