9Jesus called the twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases.G1161G4779G846G1427G3101G4779G2532G1325G846G1411G1849G1909G3956G1140G2532G2323G35542Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick,G2532G649G846G2784G932G2316G2532G2390G7703after 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.G2532G2036G4314G846G142G3367G1519G3598G3383G4464G3383G4082G3383G740G3383G694G3383G2192G1417G5509G3034Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that town;G2532G3739G302G3614G1525G1519G1563G3306G2532G1564G18315wherever people don't welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them."G2532G3745G302G1209G3361G1209G5209G1831G575G1565G4172G660G2532G2868G575G5216G4228G1519G3142G1909G8466The disciples left and traveled through all the villages, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.G1161G1831G1330G2596G2968G2097G2532G2323G38377When 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.G1161G2264G5076G191G3956G1096G5259G846G2532G1280G1223G3004G5259G5100G3754G2491G1453G1537G34988Others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.G1161G5259G5100G3754G2243G5316G1161G243G3754G1520G744G4396G4509Herod 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.G2532G2264G2036G2491G607G1473G607G1161G5101G2076G3778G4012G3739G1473G191G5108G2532G2212G1492G84610The 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.G2532G652G5290G1334G846G3745G4160G2532G3880G846G5298G2596G2398G1519G2048G5117G4172G2564G96611When 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.G1161G3793G1097G190G846G2532G1209G846G2980G846G4012G932G2316G2532G2390G2192G5532G232212When 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."G1161G2250G756G2827G1161G4334G1427G2036G846G630G3793G630G2443G565G1519G2968G2532G68G2945G2647G2532G2147G1979G3754G2070G5602G1722G2048G511713But Jesus said to them, "You yourselves give them something to eat." They answered, "All we have are five loaves and two fish. Do you want us to go and buy food for this whole crowd?"G1161G2036G4314G846G1325G5210G846G5315G1161G2036G2254G3756G1526G4119G2228G4002G740G2532G1417G2486G1509G2249G4198G59G1033G1519G3956G5126G299214(There were about five thousand men there.) Jesus said to his disciples, "Make the people sit down in groups of about fifty each."G1063G2258G5616G4000G435G1161G2036G4314G846G3101G2625G846G2625G303G4004G282815After the disciples had done so,G2532G4160G3779G2532G347G537G34716Jesus 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.G1161G2983G4002G740G2532G1417G2486G308G1519G3772G2127G846G2532G2622G2532G1325G3101G3908G379317They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve baskets of what was left over.G2532G5315G2532G5526G3956G5526G2532G142G2801G4052G846G1427G289418One day when Jesus was praying alone, the disciples came to him. "Who do the crowds say I am?" he asked them.G2532G1096G1722G1511G2651G4336G846G3101G4895G846G2532G1905G846G3004G5101G3004G3793G3165G151119"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."G1161G611G2036G2491G910G1161G243G2243G1161G243G3754G5100G744G4396G45020"What about you?" he asked them. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are God's Messiah."G1161G2036G846G1161G5101G3004G5210G3165G1511G1161G4074G611G2036G5547G231621Then Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell this to anyone.G1161G2008G846G3853G2036G3367G512422He 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."G2036G3754G5207G444G1163G3958G4183G2532G593G575G4245G2532G749G2532G1122G2532G615G2532G1453G5154G225023And 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.G1161G3004G4314G3956G1536G2309G2064G3694G3450G533G1438G2532G142G846G4716G2250G2596G2532G190G342724For 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.G1063G3739G302G2309G4982G846G5590G622G846G1161G3739G302G622G846G5590G1700G1752G3778G4982G84625Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but are yourself lost or defeated? Of course not!G1063G5101G5623G444G5623G2770G3650G2889G1161G622G1438G2228G221026If 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.G1063G3739G302G1870G3165G2532G1699G3056G5126G1870G5207G444G1870G3752G2064G1722G846G1391G2532G3962G2532G40G3227I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God."G1161G3004G5213G230G1526G5100G2476G5602G3739G1089G3364G1089G2288G2193G302G1492G932G231628About a week after he had said these things, Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up a hill to pray.G1161G1096G5616G3638G2250G3326G5128G3056G2532G3880G4074G2532G2491G2532G2385G305G1519G3735G433629While he was praying, his face changed its appearance, and his clothes became dazzling white.G2532G1722G846G4336G1491G846G4383G1096G2087G2532G846G2441G3022G182330Suddenly two men were there talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah,G2532G2400G4814G846G1417G435G3748G2258G3475G2532G224331who appeared in heavenly glory and talked with Jesus about the way in which he would soon fulfill God's purpose by dying in Jerusalem.G3739G3700G1722G1391G3004G846G1841G3739G3195G4137G1722G241932Peter and his companions were sound asleep, but they woke up and saw Jesus' glory and the two men who were standing with him.G1161G4074G2532G4862G846G2258G916G5258G1161G1235G1492G846G1391G2532G1417G435G4921G84633As 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.)G2532G1096G1722G846G1316G575G846G4074G2036G4314G2424G1988G2076G2570G2248G1511G5602G2532G4160G5140G4633G3391G4671G2532G3391G3475G2532G3391G2243G3361G1492G3739G300434While he was still speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow; and the disciples were afraid as the cloud came over them.G1161G846G5023G3004G1096G3507G2532G1982G846G1161G5399G1722G1565G1525G1519G350735A voice said from the cloud, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen - -listen to him!"G2532G1096G5456G1537G3507G3004G3778G2076G3450G27G5207G191G84636When 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.G2532G5456G1722G1096G2424G2147G3441G2532G846G4601G2532G518G3762G1722G1565G2250G3762G3739G370837The next day Jesus and the three disciples went down from the hill, and a large crowd met Jesus.G1161G1096G1722G1836G2250G846G2718G575G3735G4183G3793G4876G84638A man shouted from the crowd, "Teacher! I beg you, look at my son - -my only son!G2532G2400G435G575G3793G310G3004G1320G1189G4675G1914G1909G3450G5207G3754G2076G3427G343939A 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!G2532G2400G4151G2983G846G2532G1810G2896G2532G4682G846G876G3326G2532G4937G846G3425G672G575G84640I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't."G2532G1189G4675G3101G2443G1544G846G1544G2532G1410G375641Jesus 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."G1161G2424G611G2036G5599G571G2532G1294G1074G2193G4219G2071G4314G5209G2532G430G5216G4317G4675G5207G560242As 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.G1161G846G4334G2089G4334G1140G4486G846G4486G2532G4952G1161G2424G2008G169G4151G2532G2390G3816G2532G591G846G591G846G396243All the people were amazed at the mighty power of God. The people were still marveling at everything Jesus was doing, when he said to his disciples,G1161G1605G3956G1605G1909G3168G2316G1161G2296G3956G1909G3956G3739G2424G4160G2036G4314G846G310144"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."G5128G3056G5087G1519G5210G5216G3775G1063G5207G444G3195G3860G1519G5495G44445But 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.G1161G50G5124G4487G2532G2258G3871G575G846G3363G143G846G3363G2532G5399G2065G846G4012G5127G448746An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of them was the greatest.G1161G1525G1261G1722G846G5101G302G846G1498G318747Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a child, stood him by his side,G1161G2424G1492G1261G846G2588G1949G3813G2476G846G3844G143848and 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."G2532G2036G846G3739G1437G1209G5124G3813G1909G3450G3686G1209G1691G2532G3739G1437G1209G1691G1209G649G3165G1063G5225G3398G1722G5213G3956G3778G2071G317349John 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."G1161G2491G611G2036G1988G1492G5100G1544G1140G1909G4675G3686G2532G2967G846G3754G190G3756G3326G225750"Do not try to stop him," Jesus said to him and to the other disciples, "because whoever is not against you is for you."G2532G2424G2036G4314G846G2967G3361G1063G3739G2076G3756G2596G2257G2076G5228G225751As 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.G1161G1096G1722G2250G4845G846G354G2532G846G4741G846G4383G4198G1519G241952He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him.G2532G649G32G4253G846G4383G2532G4198G1525G1519G2968G4541G5620G2090G84653But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem.G2532G1209G3756G1209G846G3754G846G4383G2258G4198G1519G241954When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"G1161G846G3101G2385G2532G2491G1492G2036G2962G2309G2036G4442G2597G575G3772G2532G355G846G2532G5613G2243G416055Jesus turned and rebuked them.G1161G4762G2008G846G2532G2036G1492G3756G3634G4151G5210G207556Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.G1063G5207G444G2064G3756G2064G622G444G5590G235G4982G2532G4198G1519G2087G296857As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go."G1161G1096G846G4198G1722G3598G5100G2036G4314G846G2962G190G4671G3699G302G56558Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest."G2532G2424G2036G846G258G2192G5454G2532G4071G3772G2682G1161G5207G444G2192G3756G4226G2827G277659He said to another man, "Follow me." But that man said, "Sir, first let me go back and bury my father."G1161G2036G4314G2087G190G3427G1161G2036G2962G2010G3427G4412G565G2290G3450G396260Jesus answered, "Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God."G1161G2424G2036G846G863G3498G2290G1438G3498G1161G565G4771G1229G932G231661Someone else said, "I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family."G1161G2087G2532G2036G2962G190G4671G1161G2010G3427G4412G657G1519G3450G362462Jesus said to him, "Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God."G1161G2424G2036G4314G846G3762G1911G846G5495G1909G723G2532G991G1519G3694G2076G2111G1519G932G2316
Dublin, OH
