20.
Sending the twelve apostles to spread His ministry
9:1-9
Luke 9
:1
9:1
And He
acalled together the
1twelve and gave them power and
2bauthority over all the demons and to heal diseases.
Luke 9
:2
9:2
And He
asent them to proclaim the
1bkingdom of God and to
cheal the sick.
Luke 9
:3
9:3
And He said to them,
aTake nothing for the journey, neither a staff nor a bag
1nor bread nor money, nor have two tunics apiece.
Luke 9
:4
9:4
And into whatever house you enter, remain there and from there go out.
Luke 9
:5
9:5
And as many as do not receive you, as you go out from that city,
ashake off the dust from your feet for a
btestimony against them.
Luke 9
:6
9:6
And they went out and passed through village after village, announcing the gospel and healing everywhere.
Luke 9
:7
9:7
And aHerod the tetrarch
bheard of all that was happening and was utterly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
Luke 9
:8
9:8
And by some that
aElijah had appeared, and by others that a certain prophet of the ancients had risen up.
Luke 9
:9
9:9
And Herod said, John I
1abeheaded, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things? And he
bsought to see Him.
21.
Feeding the five thousand
9:10-17
Luke 9
:10
9:10
And when the apostles returned, they
arelated to Him the things they had done. And
btaking them aside, He withdrew privately into a city called Bethsaida.
Luke 9
:11
9:11
But the
acrowds found out and followed Him, and He welcomed them and spoke to them concerning the
bkingdom of God; and those who had need of healing He
chealed.
Luke 9
:12
9:12
And the
1day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to Him,
aSend the crowd away so that they may go into the surrounding villages and
2fields to lodge and find provisions, because we are here in a deserted place.
Luke 9
:13
9:13
But He said to them, You
agive them
something to eat. But they said, We have no more than
bfive loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.
Luke 9
:14
9:14
For there were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, Make them recline in
1groups of about fifty each.
Luke 9
:15
9:15
And they did so and made
them all recline.
Luke 9
:16
9:16
And He took the five loaves and the two fish and,
alooking up to heaven, He
bblessed and broke them and gave
them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
Luke 9
:17
9:17
And they ate and were all satisfied. And what was left over among them was taken up,
1twelve handbaskets of broken pieces.
22.
Recognized as the Christ
9:18-21
Luke 9
:18
9:18
And as He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He
1questioned them, saying,
aWho do the crowds say that I am?
Luke 9
:19
9:19
And they answered and said,
aJohn the Baptist, and others
bElijah, and others that a certain prophet of the ancients has risen up.
Luke 9
:20
9:20
And He said to them, But you, who do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said, The
aChrist of God.
Luke 9
:21
9:21
But He charged them and commanded
them to tell this to
ano one,
23.
Unveiling His death and resurrection the first time
9:22-26
Luke 9
:22
9:22
aSaying, The
bSon of Man must suffer many things, and be
1crejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the
dthird day be raised.
Luke 9
:23
9:23
And He said to
them all, If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his
across bdaily and follow Me.
Luke 9
:24
9:24
For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall
1lose it; but whoever loses his soul-life for My sake, this one shall save it.
Luke 9
:25
9:25
For what is a man profited if he
1gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
Luke 9
:26
9:26
For whoever is
aashamed of Me and of My words, of this one will the Son of Man be ashamed when He
bcomes in His glory and
the glory of the Father and of the
choly angels.
24.
Transfigured on the mount
9:27-36
Luke 9
:27
9:27
But I say to you truly, There are some of those standing here who shall by
ano means
btaste death until they see the kingdom of God.
Luke 9
:28
9:28
And about
1eight days after these words, He
atook with
Him bPeter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to
cpray.
Luke 9
:29
9:29
And as He prayed, the appearance of His face became
adifferent, and His garment
1dazzling bwhite.
Luke 9
:30
9:30
And behold, two men were conversing with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 9
:31
9:31
Who appeared in glory and spoke of His
adeparture, which He was about to complete in Jerusalem.
Luke 9
:32
9:32
Now Peter and those with him had been overcome with
asleep, but when they had fully woken up, they saw His
bglory and the two men who were standing with Him.
Luke 9
:33
9:33
And as they were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three
atents, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah — not knowing what he was saying.
Luke 9
:34
9:34
And while he said these things, a
acloud appeared and overshadowed them; and they became frightened as they entered into the cloud.
Luke 9
:35
9:35
And a
avoice came out of the cloud,
1saying, This is My Son, the
2Chosen One.
bHear Him!
Luke 9
:36
9:36
And when the voice
1had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and reported to
ano one in those days anything of what they had seen.
25.
Casting a demon out of a man's son
9:37-43a
Luke 9
:37
9:37
And on the following day, when they came down from the mountain, a great crowd met Him.
Luke 9
:38
9:38
And behold, a
aman from the crowd called out, saying, Teacher, I beg You to look upon my son, for he is my
bonly child.
Luke 9
:39
9:39
And behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it
athrows him into convulsions with foaming; and it hardly goes away from him,
all the time crushing him.
Luke 9
:40
9:40
And I begged Your disciples to
acast it out, and they could not.
Luke 9
:41
9:41
And Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and
aperverted generation! How long shall I be
bwith you and bear with you? Bring your son here.
Luke 9
:42
9:42
And just as he was coming to
Him, the demon threw him down and greatly convulsed
him. But Jesus
arebuked the
bunclean spirit and healed the child and
cgave him back to his father.
26.
Unveiling His death the second time
9:43b-45
Luke 9
:43
9:43
And all were astounded at the
amajesty of God. And while all were marveling at all the things which He did, He
bsaid to His disciples,
Luke 9
:44
9:44
Put these words into your ears; for the
aSon of Man is about to be
bdelivered into the hands of men.
Luke 9
:45
9:45
But they did
anot understand this saying, and it was
bconcealed from them so that they would not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him concerning this saying.
27.
Teaching concerning humility and tolerance
9:46-50
Luke 9
:46
9:46
And areasoning came in among them as to which of them was
bgreatest.
Luke 9
:47
9:47
And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their
aheart, took hold of a little child and stood him beside Himself,
Luke 9
:48
9:48
And He said to them, Whoever
areceives this little child
1because of My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for he who is least among you all, this one is
bgreat.
Luke 9
:49
9:49
And aJohn answered and said, Master, we saw someone casting out demons
bin Your name, and we
1cforbade him because he does not follow with us.
Luke 9
:50
9:50
But Jesus said to him, Do
1not forbid
him, for
2he who is
anot against you is for you.
B.
From Galilee to Jerusalem
9:51—19:27
1.
Rejected by the Samaritans
9:51-56
Luke 9
:51
9:51
And as the days were being fulfilled for Him to be
ataken up, He steadfastly set His face to go to
1bJerusalem.
Luke 9
:52
9:52
And He sent messengers
abefore His face. And they went and entered into a village of the
bSamaritans to prepare for Him.
Luke 9
:53
9:53
And they did not receive Him, because His
aface was
set to go to Jerusalem.
Luke 9
:54
9:54
And seeing
this, the disciples James and John said, Lord, do You want us to
1command afire to come down from heaven and consume
2them?
Luke 9
:55
9:55
But turning, He rebuked them
1and said,
2You do not know of what kind of spirit you are.
Luke 9
:56
9:56
1The Son of Man has not come to destroy men's
2lives but to save
them. And they went into another village.
2.
Instructing people how to follow Him
9:57-62
Luke 9
:57
9:57
And as they went along the road,
1someone said to Him, I will
afollow You wherever You go.
Luke 9
:58
9:58
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven
have roosts, but the Son of Man does
1not have
a place where He may lay His head.
Luke 9
:59
9:59
And He said to
1another, Follow Me. But he said, Lord, permit me to go first and bury my father.
Luke 9
:60
9:60
But He said to him, Let the
1dead bury their own dead, but you go and
2announce the
akingdom of God everywhere.
Luke 9
:61
9:61
And 1another also said, I will follow You, Lord; but first
apermit me to say farewell to those in my house.
Luke 9
:62
9:62
But Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand on the
1plow and looks
abehind is fit for the
bkingdom of God.
