Luke 9

Whiston^{(i) 1} Then having called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over every daemon, and to cure diseases. ² And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. ³ And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor bag, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. ⁴ And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. ⁵ And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the dust of your feet for a testimony against them. ⁶ And departing from the cities they came preaching the gospel, and healing every where. ⁷ Now Herod the tetrarch having heard what was done, he was perplexed, because it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead: ⁸ And of some, that Elias had appeared: [and] of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. ⁹ And Herod said, John have I beheaded; But who is this of whom I hear these things? And he desired to see him. ¹⁰ And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately to a village called Bethsaida. ¹¹ And the multitude when they knew [it,] followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed all them that had need of healing. ¹² But when the day began to decline, then came the twelve and said unto him, dismiss the multitude, that they may go into the town and fields round about, and lodge; for we are here in a desert place. ¹³ But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people. ¹⁴ For they were about five thousand men. But he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. ¹⁵ And they did so. ¹⁶ And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he prayed, and blessed over them, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitudes. ¹⁷ And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken of broken meat that was left, twelve baskets. ¹⁸ And it came to pass as they were alone, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom do the multitudes say that I am? ¹⁹ And they answering, said, John the Baptist: but some Elias. ²⁰ He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering, said, The Christ of God. ²⁰ And it came to pass as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment [was] white and glistering. ²¹ But he straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell no one this thing, ²² Saying, That the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes and be slain, and rise again after three days. ²³ And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and follow me. ²⁴ For whosoever will save his soul, shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. ²⁵ For what will it advantage a man to gain the whole world, and lose himself. ²⁶ For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Fathers, and of the holy angels. ²⁷ But I tell you That truly, there be some of those who stand here who shall not at all taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his glory. ²⁸ And it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, he took Peter, and James, and John, and went up into a mountain to pray. ³⁰ And behold two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elias. ³¹ Who appeared in glory: But they spake of his decease which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem. ³² But Peter, and they that were with him, were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. ³³ And it came to pass, as they were separated from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; wilt thou that I make three tabernacles here, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias?not knowing what things he said. ³⁴ And while he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: but they feared as they entred into the cloud. ³⁵ And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear him. ³⁶ And when the voice was past, He was found alone: But they kept [it] close, and told no man in those days those things which they had seen. ³⁷ And it came to pass on the next day, when he was come down from the mountain, a great multitude came together to him. ³⁸ And behold, a man of the multitude cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee look upon my Son, for he is mine only child. ³⁹ And lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out, and it teareth him with foaming, and bruising him, hardly departeth from him. ⁴⁰ And I besought thy disciples to set him free, and they could not. ⁴¹ And Jesus answering, said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. ⁴² And as he was yet a coming, the daemon threw him down, and disordered [him]: and Jesus rebuked the unclean Spirit, and it left him, and he delivered him to his father. ⁴³ And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondred every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, ⁴⁴ Put ye these sayings into your ears: for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men. ⁴⁵ But they understood not this saying, and it was hidden from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. ⁴⁶ [[Then there arose a reasoning among them],] which of them should be greatest. ⁴⁷ And Jesus seeing the reasoning of their heart, took a child, and set [him] by him, ⁴⁸ And said, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth [me, and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth] him that sent me: for he that [is] least among you all, the same shall be great. ⁴⁹ And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out daemons in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. ⁵⁰ But Jesus said; Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you. ⁵¹ And it came to pass, when the days were fulfilled that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, ⁵² And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entred into a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him. ⁵³ And they did not receive him, because his face was going to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And when his disciples James and John saw [this,] they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? ⁵⁵ But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. ⁵⁶ And they went to another village. ⁵⁷ And it came to pass that as they went in the way, one said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. ⁵⁸ And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the heaven nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head. ⁵⁹ And he said unto another, Follow me: But he said, suffer me first to go away, and bury my father. ⁶⁰ But he said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead; but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. ⁶¹ And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee: but let me first bid them farewell who are at home at my house. ⁶² But Jesus said unto him, No man looking back, and putting his hand to the plough, is fit for the kingdom of God.