1 mMatt. 10:1; Mark 3:13-15; 6:7 And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2 nMatt. 10:5, 7, 8; [ver. 11; ch. 10:1, 9] and he sent them out toover. 11, 60; See ch. 4:43 proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 3 pFor ver. 3-5, see Matt. 10:9-14; Mark 6:8-11; [ch. 10:4-11; 22:35] And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey,q[Mark 6:8] no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics. 4 And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. 5 And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that townrActs 13:51; [Neh. 5:13; Acts 18:6] shake off the dust from your feetsSee Mark 1:44 as a testimonytJames 5:3 against them. ” 6 uMark 6:12 And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
7 vFor ver. 7-9, see Matt. 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29 Nowwch. 3:1, 19; Acts 13:1 Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some thatxver. 19 John had been raised from the dead, 8 x[See ver. 7 above] by some that Elijah had appeared, andx[See ver. 7 above] by others that one of the prophets of old had risen. 9 Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things? ” Andych. 23:8 he sought to see him.
10 On their returnzMark 6:30 the apostles told him all that they had done.aFor ver. 10-17, see Matt. 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; John 6:1-13; [Matt. 15:32-38; Mark 8:2-9] And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. 11 When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and hebch. 8:40 welcomed them andcver. 2 spoke to them of the kingdom of God andcver. 2 cured those who had need of healing. 12 Nowdch. 24:29 (Gk.); Jer. 6:4 the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him,e[Matt. 15:23] “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place. ” 13 But he said to them, f[2 Kgs. 4:42-44] “You give them something to eat. ” They said, “We have no more thangMatt. 16:9; Mark 8:19 five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people. ” 14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each. ” 15 And they did so, and had them all sit down. 16 And taking the five loaves and the two fish,hMark 7:34; John 11:41; 17:1 he looked up to heaven andich. 24:30; 1 Sam. 9:13; Matt. 26:26; Mark 8:7; 14:22; [1 Cor. 14:16] said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
18 jFor ver. 18-20, see Matt. 16:13-16; Mark 8:27-29 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am? ” 19 And they answered,kver. 7; Matt. 14:2; Mark 6:14 “John the Baptist. But others say,lver. 8; Mark 6:15; [Matt. 17:10; Mark 9:11; John 1:21] Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen. ” 20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am? ” And Peter answered,mch. 23:35; Acts 3:18; Rev. 12:10; See Matt. 1:17 “The Christ of God. ”
21 nMatt. 16:20; Mark 8:30; See Matt. 12:16 And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, 22 oFor ver. 22-27, see Matt. 16:21-28; Mark 8:31–9:1 saying, pch. 18:31; [ch. 13:33] “The Son of Man mustqch. 24:7; Matt. 17:12, 22, 23; Mark 9:30, 31 suffer many things andrch. 17:25; 1 Pet. 2:4; [ch. 20:17] be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and onsch. 18:33; 24:7, 46; See Matt. 27:63; John 2:19 the third day be raised. ”
23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let himt[2 Tim. 2:12, 13] deny himself anduSee Matt. 10:38, 39 take up his crossv1 Cor. 15:31 daily and follow me. 24 Foru[See ver. 23 above] whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 w[ch. 12:20] For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? 26 ForxRom. 1:16; 2 Tim. 1:8, 12, 16; Heb. 11:16; 1 John 2:28; [Matt. 10:33] whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamedyDan. 7:10, 13; Zech. 14:5; Matt. 24:30; 25:31; 26:64; John 1:51; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 1:10; 4:16; Jude 14; Rev. 1:7; [Deut. 33:2] when he comes inzMatt. 19:28; 25:31; Mark 10:37; John 17:24 his glory and the glory of the Father and ofaActs 10:22; Rev. 14:10; [Matt. 13:41; 16:27] the holy angels. 27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will notbJohn 8:52; Heb. 2:9 taste deathc[ch. 21:31, 32; Matt. 10:23; 23:36; 24:34; Mark 13:30] until they see the kingdom of God. ”
28 dFor ver. 28-36, see Matt. 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with himech. 8:51; Mark 14:33 Peter and John and James andfSee Matt. 14:23 went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face wasgMark 16:12 (Gk.) altered, andhDan. 7:9; [Ps. 104:2; Matt. 28:3] his clothing became dazzling white. 30 And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 Now Peter and those who were with himiDan. 8:18; Matt. 26:43 were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awakejSee John 1:14 they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33 And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make threek[Neh. 8:15] tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah ” —l[Mark 9:6; 14:40] not knowing what he said. 34 As he was saying these things,m2 Pet. 1:17; [Ex. 24:15, 16] a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 Andm[See ver. 34 above] a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son,nch. 23:35; Isa. 42:1; [Ps. 89:3; Isa. 49:7] my Chosen One;oActs 3:22 listen to him! ” 36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.pMatt. 17:9; Mark 9:9, 10 And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
37 qFor ver. 37-42, see Matt. 17:14-19; Mark 9:14-28 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. 38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, forrSee ch. 7:12 he is my only child. 39 And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and shatters him, and will hardly leave him. 40 And I begged your disciples to cast it out, buts[ver. 1; ch. 10:17; Matt. 10:1; Mark 6:7] they could not. ” 41 Jesus answered, “OtPhil. 2:15; [John 20:27] faithless and twisted generation,u[John 14:9] how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here. ” 42 While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesusvch. 4:35, 39; Zech. 3:2; Matt. 8:26; Mark 1:25; Jude 9 rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, andwSee ch. 7:15 gave him back to his father.
43 And all were astonished atx2 Pet. 1:16 the majesty of God.yFor ver. 43-45, see Matt. 17:22, 23; Mark 9:30-32 But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus saidzver. 22 to his disciples, 44 “Let these words sink into your ears:z[See ver. 43 above] The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men. ” 45 ach. 2:50; 18:34; Mark 6:52; John 10:6; 12:16; 16:17-19; [Matt. 17:13; Mark 9:10] But they did not understand this saying, andbch. 18:34; [ch. 24:16] it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
46 cFor ver. 46-48, see Matt. 18:1-5; Mark 9:33-37; [Matt. 20:20-28; Mark 10:35-45] An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47 But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side 48 and said to them, d[Matt. 10:40, 42] “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, andd[Matt. 10:40, 42] whoever receives me receives him who sent me. Forech. 22:26 he who is least among you all is the one who is great. ”
49 fFor ver. 49, 50, see Mark 9:38-40 John answered, “Master, we saw someonegch. 10:17; Matt. 7:22; Mark 16:17; Acts 19:13; [Matt. 12:27] casting out demons in your name, andh[Num. 11:28] we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us. ” 50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him,i[ch. 11:23; Matt. 12:30] for the one who is not against you is for you. ”
51 When the days drew near forjSee Mark 16:19 him to be taken up,k2 Kgs. 12:17; Isa. 50:7; Jer. 42:15 he set his facelch. 13:22; 17:11; 18:31; 19:11, 28 to go to Jerusalem. 52 Andm[ch. 10:1] he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village ofnSee Matt. 10:5 the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53 ButoJohn 4:9; [ch. 10:33] the people did not receive him, becausepJohn 4:20 his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tellqSee Rev. 13:13 fire to come down from heaven and consume them? ” 55 But he turned and rebuked them. 56 And they went on to another village.
57 As they were goingrver. 51 along the road,sFor ver. 57-60, see Matt. 8:19-22 someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go. ” 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. ” 59 To another he said, “Follow me. ” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father. ” 60 And Jesus said to him, “Leavet[John 5:25] the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go anduver. 2 proclaim the kingdom of God. ” 61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord,v[1 Kgs. 19:20] but let me first say farewell to those at my home. ” 62 Jesus said to him, w[Phil. 3:13] “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. ”