V. His Withdrawal to Regions around Galilee (9:10-50)
Luke 9 NLT
10 When the apostles returned, they told
Jesus everything they had done. Then he slipped quietly away with them toward
the town of Bethsaida.
11 But the crowds found out where he was
going, and they followed him. He welcomed them and taught them about the
Kingdom of God, and he healed those who were sick.
12 Late in the afternoon the twelve
disciples came to him and said, “Send the crowds away to the nearby villages
and farms, so they can find food and lodging for the night. There is nothing to
eat here in this remote place.”
13 But Jesus said, “You feed them.” “But we
have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Or are you
expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?”
14 For there were about 5,000 men there.
Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15So the people all sat down.
16 Jesus took the five loaves and two fish,
looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into
pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could
distribute it to the people.
17 They all ate as much as they wanted, and
afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!
18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray
alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do people say
I am?”
19 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the
Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other ancient
prophets risen from the dead.”
20 Then he asked them, “But who do you say
I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Messiah sent from God!”
21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell
anyone who he was.
22 “The Son of Man must suffer many
terrible things,” he said. “He will be rejected by the elders, the leading
priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third
day he will be raised from the dead.”
23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of
you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your
cross daily, and follow me.
24 If you try to hang on to your life, you
will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
25And what do you benefit if you gain the whole
world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my
message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his
glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
27 I tell you the truth, some standing here
right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God.”
28 About eight days later Jesus took Peter,
John, and James up on a mountain to pray.
29And as he was praying, the appearance of his
face was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white.
30 Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah,
appeared and began talking with Jesus.
31 They were glorious to see. And they were
speaking about his exodus from this world, which was about to be fulfilled in
Jerusalem.
32 Peter and the others had fallen asleep.
When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with
him.
33 As Moses and Elijah were starting to
leave, Peter, not even knowing what he was saying, blurted out, “Master, it’s
wonderful for us to be here! Let’s make three shelters as memorials —one for
you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
34But even as he was saying this, a cloud
overshadowed them, and terror gripped them as the cloud covered them.
35 Then a voice from the cloud said, “This
is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.”
36 When the voice finished, Jesus was there
alone. They didn’t tell anyone at that time what they had seen.
37 The next day, after they had come down
the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.
38 A man in the crowd called out to him,
“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child.
39 An evil spirit keeps seizing him, making
him scream. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It
batters him and hardly ever leaves him alone.
40 I begged your disciples to cast out the
spirit, but they couldn’t do it.”
41 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt
people! How long must I be with you and put up with you?” Then he said to the
man, “Bring your son here.”
42 As the boy came forward, the demon
knocked him to the ground and threw him into a violent convulsion. But Jesus
rebuked the evil spirit and healed the boy. Then he gave him back to his
father.
43 Awe gripped the people as they saw this
majestic display of God’s power. Jesus Again Predicts His Death While everyone
was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,
44 “Listen to me and remember what I say.
The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.”
45 But they didn’t know what he meant. Its
significance was hidden from them, so they couldn’t understand it, and they
were afraid to ask him about it.
46 Then his disciples began arguing about
which of them was the greatest.
47 But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he
brought a little child to his side.
48 Then he said to them, “Anyone who
welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who
welcomes me also welcomes my Father who sent me. Whoever is the least among you
is the greatest.”
49 John said to Jesus, “Master, we saw
someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he
isn’t in our group.”
50 But Jesus said, “Don’t stop him! Anyone
who is not against you is for you.”
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