Luke Chapter 9
The Mission of the Twelve
1 He called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority to cast out demons and heal sicknesses. 2 He sent them out to announce the coming of God’s kingdom and to heal the sick. 3 “Don’t take anything with you—no staff, sack for extra clothes, bread, money, or two shirts apiece. 4 Stay in whatever house you enter till you leave the area. 5 Whoever doesn’t welcome you, go outside of town and shake the dust off your feet as a gesture to them.”
6 They went out and started traveling around village by village, preaching and healing.
Lk 9:1-6
Herod’s Conscience;
Confusing John the Baptist and Jesus
7 Herod [Antipas] the tetraarch heard about what was happening and was puzzled because some were saying John had risen from the dead, 8 that Elijah had appeared, that one of the prophets of old had resurrected. 9 Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who is this?” And he kept trying to see him.
Lk 9:7-9
Feeding the 5,000
10 The apostles came back from their mission and reported to Jesus what all they’d done. He took them and withdrew privately near a town called Bethsaida. 11 The crowds found out and followed him. He welcomed them, talked to them about God’s kingdom, and healed as many as needed it.
12 As it was getting late, the Twelve came to him, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to villages around the countryside to find lodging and buy food. Nobody lives around here.”
13 He said, “You feed them.”
They said, “We only have five loaves and two fish—unless we go buy food for all these people.” 14 There were about 5,000 men.
He said, “Have them sit down in groups of about 50.”
[15 ] 16 He took the five loaves and two fish, and looked up to heaven, blessed them, broke them in pieces, and started giving them to his disciples to distribute to the crowd. 17 They all ate till they were full, and the leftovers filled twelve medium-sized baskets.
Lk 9:10-17
Peter’s Great Confession
18 When he was praying alone with the disciples, he asked them, “Who are the crowds saying I am?”
19 They answered, “John the Baptist, Elijah, or a prophet of old that’s resurrected.”
20 “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”
21 He told them not to tell people who he was.
Lk 9:18-21
The First Distinct Prediction of Messiah’s Death
22 “I need to suffer a lot of things; be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes; be executed, and resurrected the third day.”
23 He told the crowd,
“If you want to follow me, you have to set aside your own interests, pick up your cross every day, and follow me. 24 If you want to save your life, you’ll lose it; if you lose your life over me, you’ll save it. 25 What good does it do to get the whole world and lose your self? 26 If you’re ashamed of me and my message, I’ll be ashamed of you when I come in the glory of the Father and the holy angels. 27 Some of you standing here will live to see God’s kingdom.”
Lk 9:22-27
The Transfiguration
28 About eight days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John up on a mountain to pray. 29 While he was praying, his face changed appearance, and his clothes became brilliant white. 30 Two men were talking to him—Moses and Elijah. 31 They had a brilliant appearance and talked about his death soon in Jerusalem. 32 Peter and the ones with him were really sleepy, but they were fully awake and saw his brilliant appearance and the two men that were standing with him.
33 As they were leaving him, Peter said, “Master, it’s good to be here. Let us make three tents—one each for you and Moses and Elijah”—not thinking clearly about what he was saying. 34 A cloud came and engulfed them. It scared them as they went into it.
35 A voice spoke out of it, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
36 When it had spoken, Jesus was the only one there, and his disciples kept quiet. At the time they didn’t tell anybody what they’d seen.
Lk 9:28-36
Healing a Demoniac Boy
37 The next day when they came down from the mountain, a big crowd met him. 38 A man from the crowd ran up, “Rabbi, please look at my boy; he’s the only son I have. 39 A spirit keeps seizing him and suddenly makes him scream. It throws him into convulsions, makes him foam at the mouth, and bruises him. It hardly ever leaves him alone. 40 I pleaded with your disciples to cast it out, but they couldn’t.”
41 Jesus answered, “You unbelieving, perverse bunch, how long am I going to be here and deal with you? Bring me your boy.”
42 While he was coming, the demon attacked him and threw him into convulsions. Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy and gave him back to his dad. 43aThey were all amazed at God’s greatness.
Lk 9:37-43a
Third Prediction of His Death
43bWhile everybody was astounded at the things Jesus was doing, he told his disciples, 44 “Keep this in mind: I’m going to be betrayed.” 45 They didn’t know what to make of it and were afraid to ask him about it.
Lk 9:43b-45
Discussion About Rank
46 His disciples got into an argument about who would have highest rank. 47 Jesus knew about it, so he took a little child and stood him next to him, 48 “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives the One that sent me. The least among you has the highest rank.”
Lk 9:46-48
The Unknown Exorcist
49 John answered, “Master, we saw a fellow casting out demons in your name. We tried to stop him because he’s not following with us.”
50 Jesus said, “Don’t stoppl him. Whoever is not against us is for us.”
Lk 9:49-50
Private Journey to Jerusalem Through Samaria
51 When the time came to go up to Jerusalem, he headed there 52 and sent messengers on ahead. They went to a Samaritan village to make arrangements for him, 53 but they wouldn’t welcome him because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Do you want us to call down fire from the sky to consume them?” 55 He turned and reprimanded them, 56 and they went on to another village. Lk 9:51-56
Conversation About Following Jesus
57 As they were going along the road, a man said, “I’ll follow you wherever you go.”
58 Jesus said, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but I don’t have anywhere to rest.”
59 He said to another man, “Come with me.”
“Sir, let me go bury my father first.”
60 He told him, “Let the dead bury their dead. You go and announce the coming of God’s kingdom.”
61 Another fellow said, “I’ll go with you; let me go say goodbye to the ones in my house.”
62 Jesus told him, “Nobody that takes hold of a plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom.” Lk 9:57-62