Luke 9

Thomson^{(i) 1} When he, having called together the twelve disciples, gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases; ² and was sending them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the sick; ³ he said to them, Take nothing for the journey; neither staves, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money, nor two coats apiece. ⁴ And into whatever house you enter, abide there till you leave the place. ⁵ And wherever they will not receive you, when you are leaving that city, shake off the dust from your feet, for a testimony against them. ⁶ Accordingly, they departed and went through the villages, proclaiming the glad tidings, and performing cures every where. ⁷ When Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all that was done by him, he was perplexed; because it was said by some, that John was raised from the dead; ⁸ and by others, that Elias is plainly come; and by others, that one of the ancient prophets is risen up. ⁹ And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. ¹⁰ Therefore, when the apostles returned, and told Jesus all that they had done, he took them apart, and withdrew to a solitary place, belonging to a city called Bethsaida. ¹¹ And as the people knew it, they followed him, and he received them, and spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed them who had need of healing. ¹² And when the day began to decline, the twelve came, and said to him, Dismiss the multitude, that they may go to the neighbouring towns and farms, for lodging and provisions; for we are here in a desert place. ¹³ But he said to them, Do you, yourselves, give them something to eat. Thereupon they said to him, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes. Must we then go and buy food for all this people? ¹⁴ For they were about five thousand men. Then he said to his disciples, Range them as at table, in companies, fifty in a company. ¹⁵ And they did so. And when they were all ranged, ¹⁶ he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, pronounced a blessing, and broke them and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. ¹⁷ And when they had all eaten, and were satisfied, there was taken up a surplusage of fragments which filled twelve panniers. ¹⁸ After that, when he was praying in a retired place, his disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the people say that I am? ¹⁹ And they in reply, said, John the Baptist; but others say, Elias; and others, that one of the ancient prophets is risen up. ²⁰ Then he said to them, And who do you say that I am? In answer to this, Peter said, The Christ of God. ²¹ Thereupon he checked them, and ordered them to tell no one this; ²² adding, that 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 raised on the third day. ²³ Moreover he said to all, if any one desireth to come under my guidance, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. ²⁴ For whoever would save his life shall lose it. But whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it. ²⁵ For what advantage is it to a man to have gained the whole world and destroyed himself, or be punished with the loss of life. ²⁶ For whoever shall be ashamed of me, or of my words, of him the son of man will be ashamed when he shall come in his own glory, and in that of the father, and the holy angels. ²⁷ Now I tell you of a truth, there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste death until they see the reign of God. ²⁸ About eight days after these discourses, he took Peter, and John, and James, and went up to the mountain to pray. ²⁹ And while he was praying, the form of his countenance was changed, and his raiment was dazzling white. ³⁰ And behold two men conversed with him. These were Moses and Elias, ³¹ who appeared in glory, and spoke of that departure of his which he was soon to accomplish at Jerusalem. ³² Now Peter, and they who were with him, had been overpowered with sleep; but awaking thoroughly, they saw his glory, and the two men who were standing with him. ³³ And as they were withdrawing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is well that we are here. Let us make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, not knowing what he said. ³⁴ And while he was thus speaking, a cloud came and overshadowed them. And at entering the cloud, they were terrified. ³⁵ And there came a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my son, the Beloved; hearken to him. ³⁶ Now at the time of the voice, Jesus was alone. And they were silent and told no one in those days aught of what they had seen. ³⁷ And on the following day, when they were coming down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. ³⁸ And behold a man from the crowd cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son; for he is mine only child. ³⁹ And behold a spirit seizeth him, and instantly he screameth; and it convulseth him with foam, and hardly departeth from him, when it hath bruised him. ⁴⁰ I indeed besought thy disciples to cast it out, but they could not. ⁴¹ In reply to this, Jesus said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you! how long shall I endure you! ⁴² Bring thy son hither. And as he was coming, the .demon dashed him on the ground and threw him into convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and cured the child, and delivered him to his father. ⁴³ And all were astonished at the mighty power of God. And while they were expressing admiration at all that Jesus had done, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁴ Give diligent attention to these words; for the son of man will soon be delivered up into the hands of men. ⁴⁵ But they did not know the meaning of this. It was hid from them so that they did not understand it; and they were afraid to ask him the meaning of that expression. ⁴⁶ Now a surmise had crept in among them, which of them should be greatest. ⁴⁷ And as Jesus perceived the ill grounded reasoning of their heart, he took a child, and placed it by him, ⁴⁸ and said to them, Whoever will receive this child for my name, receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me, receiveth him who sent me. For he who is least among you all, even he shall be great. ⁴⁹ Then John addressing him, said, Master, we saw one casting out the demons in thy name, and we forbade him because he doth not follow [thee] with us. ⁵⁰ Thereupon Jesus said to him, Forbid not; for he who is not against us is for us. ⁵¹ Now when the days of his being received up were about to be completed, he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem, ⁵² and sent messengers before him, who set out and came to a town of Samaritans to make preparation for him. ⁵³ But they would not receive him, because they perceived that he was going to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ Upon seeing this, his disciples, James and John, said, Master, Is it thy pleasure that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, as Elias did? ⁵⁵ Whereupon, turning about, he rebuked them, and said, You do not know what spirit you are of. ⁵⁶ For the son of man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. So they went to another village. ⁵⁷ It happened also in the course of their travels, that on the way one said to him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. ⁵⁸ Whereupon Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have roosts; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head. ⁵⁹ And to another he said, Follow me. And when he said, Master, suffer me first to go and bury my father; ⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but go thou, and proclaim the reign of God. ⁶¹ And when another said, Master I will follow thee; but let me first go and bid them farewell, who are at my house; ⁶² Jesus said to him, No man, who hath put his hand to the plough and looketh back, is fit for the kingdom of God.