rsv Luke:9:37-62
rsv@Luke:9:37 @ On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
rsv@Luke:9:38 @ And behold, a man from the crowd cried, "Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;
rsv@Luke:9:39 @ and behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him till he foams, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.
rsv@Luke:9:40 @ And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."
rsv@Luke:9:41 @ Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
rsv@Luke:9:42 @ While he was coming, the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
rsv@Luke:9:43 @ And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he did, he said to his disciples,
rsv@Luke:9:44 @ "Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men."
rsv@Luke:9:45 @ But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
rsv@Luke:9:46 @ And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.
rsv@Luke:9:47 @ But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts, he took a child and put him by his side,
rsv@Luke:9:48 @ and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me; for he who is least among you all is the one who is great."
rsv@Luke:9:49 @ John answered, "Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us."
rsv@Luke:9:50 @ But Jesus said to him, "Do not forbid him; for he that is not against you is for you."
rsv@Luke:9:51 @ When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
rsv@Luke:9:52 @ And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him;
rsv@Luke:9:53 @ but the people would not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.
rsv@Luke:9:54 @ And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"
rsv@Luke:9:55 @ But he turned and rebuked them.
rsv@Luke:9:56 @ And they went on to another village.
rsv@Luke:9:57 @ As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
rsv@Luke:9:58 @ And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
rsv@Luke:9:59 @ To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
rsv@Luke:9:60 @ But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
rsv@Luke:9:61 @ Another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home."
rsv@Luke:9:62 @ Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."