Yesu Awatuma Wale Kumi Na Wawili
(Mathayo 10:5-15; Marko 6:7-13)
19:1 Mt 10:1; 4:23; Lk 5:17Yesu kisha akawaita wale kumi na wawili pamoja, akawapa mamlaka na uwezo wa kutoa pepo wachafu wote na kuponya magonjwa yote, 29:2 Mt 3:2kisha akawatuma waende wakahubiri Ufalme wa Mungu na kuponya wagonjwa. 39:3 Lk 10:4; 22:35Akawaagiza akisema, “Msichukue chochote safarini: sio fimbo, wala mkoba, wala mkate, wala fedha, hata msichukue kanzu ya ziada. 49:4 Mt 10:11; Mk 6:10Katika nyumba yoyote mwingiayo, kaeni humo hadi mtakapoondoka katika mji huo. 59:5 Lk 10:14Kama watu wasipowakaribisha, mnapoondoka katika mji wao, kungʼuteni mavumbi kutoka kwenye miguu yenu ili kuwa ushuhuda dhidi yao.” 69:6 Mk 6:12Hivyo wale wanafunzi wakaondoka wakaenda kutoka kijiji hadi kijiji, wakihubiri habari njema na kuponya wagonjwa kila mahali.
Herode Afadhaika
(Mathayo 14:1-12; Marko 6:14-29)
79:7 Mt 3:1; 14:1Basi Mfalme Herode, mtawala wa Galilaya, alisikia habari za yote yaliyotendeka. Naye akafadhaika, kwa kuwa baadhi ya watu walikuwa wakisema Yohana Mbatizaji amefufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu. 89:8 Mt 11:14; Yn 1:21Wengine wakasema Eliya amewatokea, na wengine wakasema kwamba mmoja wa manabii wa kale amefufuka. 99:9 Lk 23:8Herode akasema, “Yohana nilimkata kichwa. Lakini ni nani huyu ambaye ninasikia mambo kama haya kumhusu?” Akatamani sana kumwona.
Yesu Awalisha Wanaume 5,000
(Mathayo 14:13-21; Marko 6:30-44; Yohana 6:1-14)
109:10 Mk 6:30; Mt 11:21Mitume wake waliporudi, wakamweleza Yesu yote waliyofanya. Akawachukua, akaenda nao faraghani mpaka mji uitwao Bethsaida. 119:11 Lk 9:2Lakini umati wa watu ukafahamu alikokwenda, ukamfuata. Akawakaribisha na kunena nao kuhusu Ufalme wa Mungu na kuwaponya wale wote waliokuwa wanahitaji uponyaji.
129:12 Mt 14:15; Mk 6:35; Yn 6:1, 5Ilipokaribia jioni, wale mitume kumi na wawili wakaenda kwa Yesu na kumwambia, “Waage makutano ili waende vijijini jirani na mashambani, ili wapate chakula na mahali pa kulala, kwa maana hapa tuko nyikani.”
13Yesu akawajibu, “Ninyi wapeni chakula.”
Nao wakajibu, “Hatuna zaidi ya mikate mitano na samaki wawili. Labda twende tukanunue chakula cha kuwatosha watu hawa wote.” 14Walikuwako wanaume wapatao 5,000.
Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Waketisheni katika makundi ya watu hamsini hamsini.” 15Wanafunzi wakafanya hivyo, wakawaketisha wote. 169:16 Mt 14:19Yesu akaichukua ile mikate mitano na wale samaki wawili, akatazama mbinguni, akavibariki na kuvimega. Kisha akawapa wanafunzi ili wawagawie watu. 17Wote wakala, wakashiba. Nao wanafunzi wakakusanya vipande vilivyosalia, wakajaza vikapu kumi na viwili.
Petro Amkiri Yesu Kuwa Ndiye Kristo
(Mathayo 16:13-19; Marko 8:27-29)
189:18 Lk 3:21Wakati mmoja, Yesu alipokuwa akiomba faraghani, nao wanafunzi wake wakiwa pamoja naye, akawauliza, “Watu husema mimi ni nani?”
199:19 Mt 14:2; Lk 9:7; 8Wakamjibu, “Baadhi husema wewe ni Yohana Mbatizaji, wengine husema ni Eliya, na bado wengine husema kwamba ni mmoja wa manabii wa kale amefufuka kutoka kwa wafu.”
209:20 Yn 1:49; 11:27Kisha akawauliza, “Je, ninyi mnasema mimi ni nani?”
Petro akajibu, “Wewe ndiwe Kristo9:20 Kristo maana yake ni Masiya, yaani Aliyetiwa mafuta. wa Mungu.”
219:21 Mt 16:20; Mk 8:30Yesu akawakataza wasimwambie mtu yeyote jambo hilo. 229:22 Mt 8:20; 16:21; 27:1-2; Mdo 2:23; 3:13Yesu akasema, “Imempasa Mwana wa Adamu kupata mateso mengi na kukataliwa na wazee, viongozi wa makuhani, na walimu wa sheria, na itampasa auawe, lakini siku ya tatu kufufuliwa kutoka mauti.”
239:23 Mt 10:38; Lk 14:27Kisha akawaambia wote, “Mtu yeyote akitaka kunifuata, ni lazima ajikane mwenyewe, auchukue msalaba wake kila siku, anifuate. 249:24 Yn 12:25Kwa maana yeyote anayetaka kuyaokoa maisha yake atayapoteza, lakini yeyote atakayeyapoteza maisha yake kwa ajili yangu atayaokoa. 259:25 Mt 16:26; Mk 8:36Je, itamfaidi nini mtu kuupata ulimwengu wote, lakini akapoteza au kuangamiza nafsi yake? 269:26 2Tim 2:12; Mt 16; 27; 10:33Mtu yeyote akinionea aibu mimi na maneno yangu, Mwana wa Adamu naye atamwonea aibu atakapokuja katika utukufu wake na katika utukufu wa Baba, pamoja na malaika watakatifu. 279:27 Mt 16:28; Mk 9:1Amin, nawaambia, wako baadhi ya watu waliosimama hapa ambao hawataonja mauti kabla ya kuuona Ufalme wa Mungu.”
Bwana Yesu Abadilika Sura
(Mathayo 17:1-8; Marko 9:2-8)
289:28 Mt 4:21; Lk 3:21Yapata siku nane baada ya Yesu kusema hayo, aliwachukua Petro, Yakobo na Yohana, akaenda nao mlimani kuomba. 29Alipokuwa akiomba, sura ya uso wake ikabadilika, nayo mavazi yake yakametameta kama mwanga wa umeme wa radi. 30Ghafula wakawaona watu wawili, ndio Mose na Eliya, wakizungumza naye. 319:31 2Pet 1:15Walionekana katika utukufu wakizungumza na Yesu kuhusu kifo chake ambacho kingetokea huko Yerusalemu. 329:32 Mt 26:43Petro na wenzake walikuwa wamelala usingizi mzito. Walipoamka, wakaona utukufu wa Yesu na wale watu wawili waliokuwa wamesimama pamoja naye. 339:33 Lk 5:5Mose na Eliya walipokuwa wanaondoka, Petro akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, ni vizuri tukae hapa! Tutajenga vibanda vitatu: kimoja chako, kingine cha Mose na kingine cha Eliya.” Lakini Petro alikuwa hajui asemacho.
34Alipokuwa bado anazungumza, pakatokea wingu, likawafunika, nao wakaogopa walipoingia mle kwenye wingu. 359:35 Isa 42:12; Mt 3:17Sauti ikatoka kwenye lile wingu ikisema, “Huyu ni Mwanangu mpendwa, niliyemchagua. Msikieni yeye.” 369:36 Mt 17:9Baada ya sauti hiyo kusema, walimkuta Yesu akiwa peke yake. Wale wanafunzi wakalihifadhi jambo hili, wala kwa wakati huo hawakumwambia mtu yeyote yale waliyokuwa wameyaona.
Kuponywa Kwa Kijana Mwenye Pepo Mchafu
(Mathayo 17:1-8; Marko 9:2-8)
379:37 Mt 17:14; Mk 9:14, 179:37 Mt 17:14-23; Mk 9:14-32Kesho yake waliposhuka kutoka mlimani, alikutana na umati mkubwa wa watu. 38Mtu mmoja katika ule umati wa watu akapaza sauti, akasema, “Mwalimu, naomba umwangalie mwanangu, kwani ndiye mtoto wangu wa pekee. 39Mara kwa mara pepo mchafu humpagaa na kumfanya apige kelele, kisha humwangusha na kumtia kifafa hata akatokwa na povu kinywani. Huyo pepo mchafu anamtesa sana, na hamwachi ila mara chache. 40Niliwaomba wanafunzi wako wamtoe huyo pepo mchafu, lakini hawakuweza.”
419:41 Kum 32:5Yesu akawajibu, “Enyi kizazi kisichoamini na kilichopotoka! Nitakaa nanyi na kuwavumilia mpaka lini? Mlete mwanao hapa.”
429:42 Lk 7:15Hata yule mtoto alipokuwa akija, yule pepo mchafu akamwangusha, akamtia kifafa. Lakini Yesu akamkemea yule pepo mchafu amtoke, akamponya yule mtoto, na akamrudisha kwa baba yake. 43Watu wote wakastaajabia uweza mkuu wa Mungu.
Wakati bado watu walikuwa wanastaajabia hayo yote aliyokuwa akiyafanya Yesu, yeye akawaambia wanafunzi wake: 449:44 Lk 9:22; Mt 17:22“Sikilizeni kwa makini haya nitakayowaambia sasa: Mwana wa Adamu atasalitiwa na kutiwa mikononi mwa watu.” 459:45 Mk 9:32Lakini wao hawakuelewa alimaanisha nini. Maana ya maneno hayo ilifichika kwao, hivyo hawakuyaelewa, nao wakaogopa kumuuliza maana yake.
Ni Nani Atakayekuwa Mkubwa Kuliko Wote
(Mathayo 18:1-5; Marko 9:33-37)
469:46 Lk 22:24Kukazuka mabishano miongoni mwa wanafunzi kuhusu ni nani miongoni mwao atakayekuwa mkuu kuliko wote. 479:47 Mt 9:4Lakini Yesu akayatambua mawazo yao, naye akamchukua mtoto mdogo, akamsimamisha kando yake. 489:48 Mt 10:40; Mk 9:35Kisha akawaambia, “Yeyote amkaribishaye mtoto huyu mdogo kwa Jina langu, anikaribisha mimi, na yeyote atakayenikaribisha mimi, atakuwa amemkaribisha yeye aliyenituma. Kwa maana yeye aliye mdogo miongoni mwenu, ndiye aliye mkuu kuliko wote.”
499:49 Mk 9:38; Hes 11:28Yohana akasema, “Bwana, tumemwona mtu akitoa pepo wachafu kwa jina lako, nasi tukamzuia, kwa sababu yeye si mmoja wetu.”
509:50 Mt 12:30; Lk 11:23Yesu akasema, “Msimzuie, kwa sababu yeyote ambaye si kinyume nanyi, yu upande wenu.”
Yesu Akataliwa Samaria
519:51 Mk 16:19; Lk 18:31; 19:28Wakati ulipokaribia wa yeye kuchukuliwa mbinguni, alikaza uso wake kwenda Yerusalemu. 529:52 Mt 10:5Akatuma watu wamtangulie, nao wakaenda katika kijiji kimoja cha Samaria kumwandalia kila kitu; 539:53 Yn 4:9; 4:4lakini watu wa kijiji kile hawakumkaribisha kwa sababu alikuwa anakwenda zake Yerusalemu. 549:54 Mt 4:21; 2Fal 10:12Wanafunzi wake, yaani Yakobo na Yohana, walipoona hayo, wakasema: “Bwana, unataka tuagize moto kutoka mbinguni ili uwaangamize?” 55Yesu akageuka na kuwakemea, 569:56 Yn 3:17; 12:27nao wakaenda kijiji kingine.
Gharama Ya Kumfuata Yesu
(Mathayo 8:19-22)
579:57 Mt 8:19Walipokuwa njiani wakienda, mtu mmoja akamwambia Yesu, “Nitakufuata kokote uendako.”
589:58 Mt 8:20Yesu akamjibu, “Mbweha wana mapango, nao ndege wa angani wana viota, lakini Mwana wa Adamu hana mahali pa kulaza kichwa chake.”
599:59 Mt 4:19Yesu akamwambia mtu mwingine, “Nifuate.”
Mtu huyo akamjibu, “Bwana, niruhusu kwanza nikamzike baba yangu.”
609:60 Mt 3:2Yesu akamwambia, “Waache wafu wawazike wafu wao, bali wewe nenda ukautangaze Ufalme wa Mungu.”
619:61 1Fal 19:20Mtu mwingine akamwambia, “Bwana, nitakufuata lakini naomba kwanza nikawaage jamaa yangu.”
62Yesu akamwambia, “Mtu yeyote atiaye mkono wake kulima, kisha akatazama nyuma, hafai kwa Ufalme wa Mungu.”
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
1When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 4Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 6So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
7Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead, 8others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life. 9But Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?” And he tried to see him.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
10When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida, 11but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
12Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
13He replied, “You give them something to eat.”
They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.” 14(About five thousand men were there.)
But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 15The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. 16Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. 17They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
18Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
19They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”
20“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”
Jesus Predicts His Death
21Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 22And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
23Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. 25What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 26Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
The Transfiguration
28About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. 29As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 30Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. 31They spoke about his departure,9:31 Greek exodos which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. 32Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. 33As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
34While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.” 36When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
37The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him. 40I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.”
41“You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
42Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father. 43And they were all amazed at the greatness of God.
Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time
While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, 44“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” 45But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
46An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. 47Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”
49“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
50“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”
Samaritan Opposition
51As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them9:54 Some manuscripts them, just as Elijah did?” 55But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56Then he and his disciples went to another village.
The Cost of Following Jesus
57As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
59He said to another man, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
62Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
