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<ref loc="MRK 6:7-13">Mark 6.7-13</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_1"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.1" class="v42_9_1">1</span>Jesus called the twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases. </span><span class="v42_9_2"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.2" class="v42_9_2">2</span>Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick, </span><span class="v42_9_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.3" class="v42_9_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> after saying to them, “Take nothing with you for the trip: no walking stick, no beggar's bag, no food, no money, not even an extra shirt. </span><span class="v42_9_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.4" class="v42_9_4">4</span>Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that town; </span><span class="v42_9_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.5" class="v42_9_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> wherever people don't welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.6" class="v42_9_6">6</span>The disciples left and traveled through all the villages, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.</span></p><h3 class="s">Herod's Confusion</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 14:1-12">Matthew 14.1-12</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 6:14-29">Mark 6.14-29</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.7" class="v42_9_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard about all the things that were happening, he was very confused, because some people were saying that John the Baptist had come back to life. </span><span class="v42_9_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.8" class="v42_9_8">8</span>Others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life. </span><span class="v42_9_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.9" class="v42_9_9">9</span>Herod said, “I had John's head cut off; but who is this man I hear these things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Feeds Five Thousand</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 14:13-21">Matthew 14.13-21</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 6:30-44">Mark 6.30-44</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 6:1-14">John 6.1-14</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.10" class="v42_9_10">10</span>The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. He took them with him, and they went off by themselves to a town named Bethsaida. </span><span class="v42_9_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.11" class="v42_9_11">11</span>When the crowds heard about it, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and healed those who needed it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.12" class="v42_9_12">12</span>When the sun was beginning to set, the twelve disciples came to him and said, “Send the people away so that they can go to the villages and farms around here and find food and lodging, because this is a lonely place.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.13" class="v42_9_13">13</span>But Jesus said to them, “You yourselves give them something to eat.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_13">They answered, “All we have are five loaves and two fish. Do you want us to go and buy food for this whole crowd?” </span><span class="v42_9_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.14" class="v42_9_14">14</span>(There were about five thousand men there.)</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_14">Jesus said to his disciples, “Make the people sit down in groups of about fifty each.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.15" class="v42_9_15">15</span>After the disciples had done so, </span><span class="v42_9_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.16" class="v42_9_16">16</span>Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up to heaven, thanked God for them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. </span><span class="v42_9_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.17" class="v42_9_17">17</span>They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve baskets of what was left over.</span></p><h3 class="s">Peter's Declaration about Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 16:13-19">Matthew 16.13-19</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 8:27-29">Mark 8.27-29</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.18" class="v42_9_18">18</span>One day when Jesus was praying alone, the disciples came to him. “Who do the crowds say I am?” he asked them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.19" class="v42_9_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Some say that you are John the Baptist,” they answered. “Others say that you are Elijah, while others say that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.20" class="v42_9_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_20">Peter answered, “You are God's Messiah.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 16:20-28">Matthew 16.20-28</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 8:30-9:1">Mark 8.30—9.1</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.21" class="v42_9_21">21</span>Then Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell this to anyone. </span><span class="v42_9_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.22" class="v42_9_22">22</span>He also told them, “The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. He will be put to death, but three days later he will be raised to life.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.23" class="v42_9_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And he said to them all, “If you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, take up your cross every day, and follow me. </span><span class="v42_9_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.24" class="v42_9_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it, but if you lose your life for my sake, you will save it. </span><span class="v42_9_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.25" class="v42_9_25">25</span>Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but are yourself lost or defeated? Of course not! </span><span class="v42_9_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.26" class="v42_9_26">26</span>If you are ashamed of me and of my teaching, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. </span><span class="v42_9_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.27" class="v42_9_27">27</span>I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Transfiguration</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 17:1-8">Matthew 17.1-8</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 9:2-8">Mark 9.2-8</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.28" class="v42_9_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> About a week after he had said these things, Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up a hill to pray. </span><span class="v42_9_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.29" class="v42_9_29">29</span>While he was praying, his face changed its appearance, and his clothes became dazzling white. </span><span class="v42_9_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.30" class="v42_9_30">30</span>Suddenly two men were there talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah, </span><span class="v42_9_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.31" class="v42_9_31">31</span>who appeared in heavenly glory and talked with Jesus about the way in which he would soon fulfill God's purpose by dying in Jerusalem. </span><span class="v42_9_32"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.32" class="v42_9_32">32</span>Peter and his companions were sound asleep, but they woke up and saw Jesus' glory and the two men who were standing with him. </span><span class="v42_9_33"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.33" class="v42_9_33">33</span>As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not really know what he was saying.)</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_34"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.34" class="v42_9_34">34</span>While he was still speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow; and the disciples were afraid as the cloud came over them. </span><span class="v42_9_35"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.35" class="v42_9_35">35</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.35!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> A voice said from the cloud, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen—listen to him!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_36"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.36" class="v42_9_36">36</span>When the voice stopped, there was Jesus all alone. The disciples kept quiet about all this and told no one at that time anything they had seen.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 17:14-18">Matthew 17.14-18</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 9:14-27">Mark 9.14-27</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_37"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.37" class="v42_9_37">37</span>The next day Jesus and the three disciples went down from the hill, and a large crowd met Jesus. </span><span class="v42_9_38"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.38" class="v42_9_38">38</span>A man shouted from the crowd, “Teacher! I beg you, look at my son—my only son! </span><span class="v42_9_39"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.39" class="v42_9_39">39</span>A spirit attacks him with a sudden shout and throws him into a fit, so that he foams at the mouth; it keeps on hurting him and will hardly let him go! </span><span class="v42_9_40"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.40" class="v42_9_40">40</span>I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_41"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.41" class="v42_9_41">41</span>Jesus answered, “How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you?” Then he said to the man, “Bring your son here.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_42"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.42" class="v42_9_42">42</span>As the boy was coming, the demon knocked him to the ground and threw him into a fit. Jesus gave a command to the evil spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. </span><span class="v42_9_43"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.43" class="v42_9_43">43</span>All the people were amazed at the mighty power of God.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Speaks Again about His Death</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 17:22">Matthew 17.22</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 17:23">23</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 9:30-32">Mark 9.30-32</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_43">The people were still marveling at everything Jesus was doing, when he said to his disciples, </span><span class="v42_9_44"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.44" class="v42_9_44">44</span>“Don't forget what I am about to tell you! The Son of Man is going to be handed over to the power of human beings.” </span><span class="v42_9_45"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.45" class="v42_9_45">45</span>But the disciples did not know what this meant. It had been hidden from them so that they could not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about the matter.</span></p><h3 class="s">Who Is the Greatest?</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 18:1-5">Matthew 18.1-5</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 9:33-37">Mark 9.33-37</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_46"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.46" class="v42_9_46">46</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.46!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of them was the greatest. </span><span class="v42_9_47"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.47" class="v42_9_47">47</span>Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a child, stood him by his side, </span><span class="v42_9_48"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.48" class="v42_9_48">48</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.48!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all is the greatest.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Whoever Is Not against You Is for You</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 9:38-40">Mark 9.38-40</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_49"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.49" class="v42_9_49">49</span>John spoke up, “Master, we saw a man driving out demons in your name, and we told him to stop, because he doesn't belong to our group.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_50"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.50" class="v42_9_50">50</span>“Do not try to stop him,” Jesus said to him and to the other disciples, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”</span></p><h3 class="s">A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_51"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.51" class="v42_9_51">51</span>As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem. </span><span class="v42_9_52"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.52" class="v42_9_52">52</span>He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him. </span><span class="v42_9_53"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.53" class="v42_9_53">53</span>But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem. </span><span class="v42_9_54"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.54" class="v42_9_54">54</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.54!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.54!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_55"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.55" class="v42_9_55">55</span>Jesus turned and rebuked them.<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.55!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_9_56"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.56" class="v42_9_56">56</span>Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Would-Be Followers of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 8:19-22">Matthew 8.19-22</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_57"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.57" class="v42_9_57">57</span>As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_58"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.58" class="v42_9_58">58</span>Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_59"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.59" class="v42_9_59">59</span>He said to another man, “Follow me.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_59">But that man said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_60"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.60" class="v42_9_60">60</span>Jesus answered, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_61"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.61" class="v42_9_61">61</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.9.61!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Someone else said, “I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_9_62"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.9.62" class="v42_9_62">62</span>Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.54: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts add </char><char style="fq" closed="false">as Elijah did.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.55: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts add </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and said, “You don't know what kind of a Spirit you belong to; for the Son of Man did not come to destroy human lives, but to save them.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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