9:23 Then 7 he said to them all, 8 “If anyone wants to become my follower, 9 he must deny 10 himself, take up his cross daily, 11 and follow me. 9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, 12 but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 9:25 For what does it benefit a person 13 if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? 9:26 For whoever is ashamed 14 of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person 15 when he comes in his glory and in the glory 16 of the Father and of the holy angels. 9:27 But I tell you most certainly, 17 there are some standing here who will not 18 experience 19 death before they see the kingdom of God.” 20
9:28 Now 21 about eight days 22 after these sayings, Jesus 23 took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray. 9:29 As 24 he was praying, 25 the appearance of his face was transformed, 26 and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white. 27 9:30 Then 28 two men, Moses and Elijah, 29 began talking with him. 30 9:31 They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure 31 that he was about to carry out 32 at Jerusalem. 33 9:32 Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, 34 but as they became fully awake, 35 they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. 9:33 Then 36 as the men 37 were starting to leave, 38 Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, 39 one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” – not knowing what he was saying. 9:34 As 40 he was saying this, a cloud 41 came 42 and overshadowed 43 them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 9:35 Then 44 a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. 45 Listen to him!” 46 9:36 After 47 the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So 48 they kept silent and told no one 49 at that time 50 anything of what they had seen.
9:37 Now on 51 the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 9:38 Then 52 a man from the crowd cried out, 53 “Teacher, I beg you to look at 54 my son – he is my only child! 9:39 A 55 spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; 56 it throws him into convulsions 57 and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing 58 him severely. 9:40 I 59 begged 60 your disciples to cast it out, but 61 they could not do so.” 62 9:41 Jesus answered, 63 “You 64 unbelieving 65 and perverse generation! How much longer 66 must I be with you and endure 67 you? 68 Bring your son here.” 9:42 As 69 the boy 70 was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground 71 and shook him with convulsions. 72 But Jesus rebuked 73 the unclean 74 spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 9:43 Then 75 they were all astonished at the mighty power 76 of God.
But while the entire crowd 77 was amazed at everything Jesus 78 was doing, he said to his disciples, 9:44 “Take these words to heart, 79 for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” 80 9:45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning 81 had been concealed 82 from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet 83 they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
9:46 Now an argument started among the disciples 84 as to which of them might be 85 the greatest. 9:47 But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, 86 he took a child, had him stand by 87 his side, 9:48 and said to them, “Whoever welcomes 88 this child 89 in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.” 90
9:49 John answered, 91 “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop 92 him because he is not a disciple 93 along with us.” 9:50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”
9:51 Now when 94 the days drew near 95 for him to be taken up, 96 Jesus 97 set out resolutely 98 to go to Jerusalem. 99 9:52 He 100 sent messengers on ahead of him. 101 As they went along, 102 they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance 103 for him, 9:53 but the villagers 104 refused to welcome 105 him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. 106 9:54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume 107 them?” 108 9:55 But Jesus 109 turned and rebuked them, 110 9:56 and they went on to another village.
9:57 As 111 they were walking 112 along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 113 9:58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky 114 have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 115 9:59 Jesus 116 said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, 117 “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 9:60 But Jesus 118 said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, 119 but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 120 9:61 Yet 121 another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.” 122 9:62 Jesus 123 said to him, “No one who puts his 124 hand to the plow and looks back 125 is fit for the kingdom of God.” 126