Luke:9:1-36

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* Then he called the Twelve together , and gave them power and authority over all demons , and to heal ; * and sent them out to preach the kingdom of God , and heal the sick . * And he said to them . "Take nothing for your journey , neither staff , nor bag , nor bread , nor money , and do not have two tunics . * "Into whatever house you enter , there stay , and thence depart . * "If any one will not receive you , shake off the dust from your feet as you leave this town , as a testimony against them ." * So they went forth , and walked from village to village , preaching the gospel and healing everywhere . * Now Herod , the Tetrarch , heard of all that was happening ; and he was perplexed because of its being said by someone that Johnwas risen from the dead ; * and by some that Elijah had appeared ; and by others that one of the ancient prophets was risen again . * So Herod said , "I beheaded John , but who is this of whom I am hearing such reports ," And he kept seeking to see him . * On their return the apostles told him what they had done . and he took them and withdrew in private to a town called Bethsaida . * But when the crowd learned this they followed him . He received them kindly and spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God , and healed those who needed restored to good health . * But now the day began to decline , and the twelve came to him and said . "Send away the crowd so that they may go into the villages and surrounding the country to lodge and buy provisions ; for here we are on a solitary place ." * "Do you yourselves give them food ," he answered . "We have nothing ," they replied "Except five loaves , and a couple fish , unless you mean for us to go and buy provisions for all the crowd ." * (For there were about five thousand men .) "Make them sit down in table-companies , of about fifty each ," he said to his disciples . * This they did , and made them all sit down . * Then he took the five loaves and the two fish , and looking up in heaven , he blessed them , broke them in pieces , and began to giving to his disciples to apportion among the crowd . * So they ate and were filled , all of them . And there was picked up that which remained over to them , of broken pieces , twelve basketfuls . * Now it happened that while he was praying by himself , the disciples were with him , and he asked them a question . "Who do the crowd think I am ?" * "Johnthe Baptist ," they answered , "But others say Elijah , and others that one of the ancient prophets is risen again ." * Then he said to them , "But who do you say I am ? Then Peter answered saying , "The Christ of God . * Then he strictly forbade them to tell this to any one ; * and he said , "The Son of man must suffer much , and be restricted by the elders and high priests and scribes and be put to death , and on the third day be raised again ." * And he said to all . "If any man wills to follow me , Let him renounce self and take up his cross daily and follow me . * "For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it ; and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it . * "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself ? * "For whoever is ashamed of me and of my teachings , of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his own and in his Fathers glory , and in that of the holy angels . * "But I tell you truly there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God ." * About eight days after this it happened that Jesus took Peter , James , and John , and went up on the mountain to pray . * And as he was praying the appearances of his countenance became different , and his clothing became white and dazzling . * And suddenly there were two men talking with him , who were Moses and Elijah . * These appeared in glory and talked about his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem . * Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep ; but when they were fully awake they saw his glory , and the two men were standing beside him . * And when they were preparing to depart from him Peter said to Jesus . "Master , it is good for us to be here ; and let us make three tents , one for you , one for Moses , and one for Elijah " - not knowing what he was saying . * And while he was saying this , there came a cloud and began to overshadow them ; and they were awestruck as they entered into the cloud . * And a voice came out of the cloud , saying . "This is my Son , my chosen one ; listen to him ." * When the voice ceased Jesus was found alone . And they held their peace , and told no one at that time about what they had seen .

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