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.”
Jesu rán ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn méjìlá lọ wàásù
19.1-6: Mt 10.1,5,7-11,14; Mk 6.7-12; Lk 10.4-11.Ó sì pe àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ méjìlá jọ, ó sì fún wọn ní agbára àti àṣẹ lórí àwọn ẹ̀mí èṣù gbogbo, àti láti wo ààrùn sàn. 2Ó sì rán wọn lọ wàásù ìjọba Ọlọ́run, àti láti mú àwọn ọlọkùnrùn láradá. 3Ó sì wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ má ṣe mú nǹkan lọ́wọ́ fún àjò yín, ọ̀pá, tàbí àpò tàbí àkàrà, tàbí owó: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ẹ̀yin má sì ṣe ní ẹ̀wù méjì. 4Ní ilékílé tí ẹ̀yin bá sì wọ̀, níbẹ̀ ni kí ẹ̀yin gbé, láti ibẹ̀ ni kí ẹ̀yin sì ti jáde. 59.5: Ap 13.51.Iye àwọn tí kò bá si gbà yín, nígbà tí ẹ̀yin bá jáde kúrò ní ìlú náà, ẹ gbọn eruku ẹsẹ̀ yín fún ẹ̀rí sí wọn.” 6Wọ́n sì lọ, wọ́n ń la ìletò kọjá wọ́n sì ń wàásù ìhìnrere, wọ́n sì ń mú ènìyàn láradá níbi gbogbo.
79.7-9: Mt 14.1-2; Mk 6.14-16; Lk 9.19.Herodu tetrarki gbọ́ nǹkan gbogbo èyí tí a ṣe láti ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ wá: ó sì dààmú, nítorí tí àwọn ẹlòmíràn ń wí pé, Johanu ni ó jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú; 8Àwọn ẹlòmíràn sì wí pé Elijah ni ó farahàn; àwọn ẹlòmíràn sì wí pé, ọ̀kan nínú àwọn wòlíì àtijọ́ ni ó jíǹde. 99.9: Lk 23.8.Herodu sì wí pé, “Johanu ni mo ti bẹ́ lórí: ṣùgbọ́n ta ni èyí tí èmi ń gbọ́ irú nǹkan wọ̀nyí sí?” Ó sì ń fẹ́ láti rí i.
Jesu bọ́ ẹgbẹ̀ẹ́dọ́gbọ̀n ènìyàn
109.10: Mk 6.30-31; Lk 10.17; Jh 1.44.Nígbà tí àwọn aposteli sì padà dé, wọ́n ròyìn ohun gbogbo fún un tí wọ́n ti ṣe. Ó sì mú wọn, lọ sí apá kan níbi tí a ń pè ní Betisaida. 119.11-17: Mt 14.13-21; Mk 6.32-44; Jh 6.1-14; Mk 8.4-10.Nígbà tí ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn sì mọ̀, wọ́n tẹ̀lé e: ó sì gbà wọ́n, ó sì sọ̀rọ̀ ìjọba Ọlọ́run fún wọn; àwọn tí ó fẹ́ ìmúláradá, ni ó sì mú láradá.
12Nígbà tí ọjọ́ bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí rọlẹ̀, àwọn méjìlá wá, wọ́n sì wí fún un pé, “Tú ìjọ ènìyàn ká, kí wọn lè lọ sí ìletò àti sí ìlú yíká, kí wọn lè wò, àti kí wọn lè wá oúnjẹ: nítorí ijù ni àwa sá wà níhìn-ín.”
139.13: 2Ọb 4.42-44.Ṣùgbọ́n ó wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ fi oúnjẹ fún wọn jẹ!”
Wọ́n sì wí fún un pé, “Àwa kò ní ju ìṣù àkàrà márùn-ún lọ, pẹ̀lú ẹja méjì: bí kò ṣe pé àwa lọ ra oúnjẹ fún gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí.” 14Nítorí àwọn ọkùnrin náà tó ìwọ̀n ẹgbẹ̀ẹ́dọ́gbọ̀n ènìyàn.
Ó sì wí fún àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ pé, “Kí wọ́n mú wọn jókòó lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ̀gbẹ́, ní àràádọ́ta.” 15Wọ́n sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, wọ́n sì mú gbogbo wọn jókòó. 169.16: Lk 22.19; 24.30-31; Ap 2.42; 20.11; 27.35.Nígbà náà ni ó mú ìṣù àkàrà márùn-ún, àti ẹja méjì náà, nígbà tí ó gbé ojú sókè ọ̀run, ó súre sí i, ó sì bù ú, ó sì fi fún àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀, kí wọn gbé e kalẹ̀ níwájú àwọn ènìyàn. 17Wọ́n sì jẹ, gbogbo wọn sì yó: wọ́n ṣa agbọ̀n méjìlá jọ nínú àjẹkù tí ó kù.
Peteru pe Jesu ní ọmọ Ọlọ́run
189.18-21: Mt 16.13-20; Mk 8.27-30; Jh 1.49; 11.27; 6.66-69.9.18: Lk 3.21; 5.16; 6.12; 9.28; 11.1.Ó sì ṣe, nígbà tí ó ku òun nìkan ó gbàdúrà, àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ sì wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀: ó sì bi wọ́n pé, “Ta ni àwọn ènìyàn ń fi mí pè?”
199.19: Lk 9.9; Mk 9.11-13.Wọ́n sì dáhùn wí pé, “Johanu Onítẹ̀bọmi; ṣùgbọ́n ẹlòmíràn ní Elijah ni; àti àwọn ẹlòmíràn wí pé, ọ̀kan nínú àwọn wòlíì àtijọ́ ni ó jíǹde.”
20Ó sì bi wọ́n pé, “Ṣùgbọ́n ta ni ẹ̀yin ń fi èmi pè?”
Peteru sì dáhùn, wí pe, “Kristi ti Ọlọ́run.”
21Ó sì kìlọ̀ fún wọn, pé, kí wọn má ṣe sọ èyí fún ẹnìkan. 229.22: Mt 16.21; Mk 8.31; Lk 9.43-45; 18.31-34; 17.5.Ó sì wí pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn yóò jìyà ohun púpọ̀, a ó sì kọ̀ ọ́ láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn alàgbà, olórí àlùfáà àti láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn akọ̀wé, a ó sì pa á, ní ọjọ́ kẹta a ó sì jí i dìde.”
239.23-27: Mt 16.24-28; Mk 8.34–9.1.Ó sì wí fún gbogbo wọn pé, “Bí ẹnìkan bá ń fẹ́ láti máa tọ̀ mí lẹ́yìn, kí ó sẹ́ ara rẹ̀, kí ó sì gbé àgbélébùú rẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ gbogbo, kí ó sì máa tọ̀ mí lẹ́yìn. 249.24-25: Mt 10.38-39; Lk 14.27; 17.33; Jh 12.25.Nítorí ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá fẹ́ gba ọkàn rẹ̀ là, yóò sọ ọ́ nù: ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sọ ọkàn rẹ̀ nù nítorí mi, òun náà ni yóò sì gbà á là. 25Nítorí pé èrè kín ni fún ènìyàn, bí ó jèrè gbogbo ayé, tí ó sì sọ ara rẹ̀ nù tàbí kí ó fi ṣòfò. 269.26: Mt 10.33; Lk 12.9; 1Jh 2.28.Nítorí ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá tijú mi, àti ọ̀rọ̀ mi, òun ni ọmọ ènìyàn yóò tijú rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá dé inú ògo tirẹ̀, àti ti baba rẹ̀, àti ti àwọn angẹli mímọ́.
279.27: Lk 22.18; Mt 10.23; 1Tẹ 4.15-18; Jh 21.22.“Ṣùgbọ́n èmi wí fún yín nítòótọ́, ẹlòmíràn dúró níhìn-ín yìí, tí kì yóò rí ikú, títí wọn ó fi rí ìjọba Ọlọ́run.”
Ìràpadà
289.28-36: Mt 17.1-8; Mk 9.2-8; 2Pt 1.17-18.9.28: Lk 8.51; 3.21; 5.16; 6.12; 9.18; 11.1.Ó sì ṣe bí ìwọ̀n ọjọ́ mẹ́jọ lẹ́yìn ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí, ó mú Peteru àti Johanu àti Jakọbu, ó gun orí òkè lọ láti lọ gbàdúrà. 29Bí ó sì ti ń gbàdúrà, àwọ̀ ojú rẹ̀ yípadà, aṣọ rẹ̀ sì funfun gbòò, 309.30: Ap 1.9-11.Sì kíyèsi i, àwọn ọkùnrin méjì, Mose àti Elijah, wọ́n ń bá a sọ̀rọ̀: 31Tí wọ́n fi ara hàn nínú ògo, wọ́n sì ń sọ̀rọ̀ ikú rẹ̀, tí òun yóò ṣe parí ní Jerusalẹmu. 329.32: Jh 1.14.Ṣùgbọ́n ojú Peteru àti ti àwọn tí ń bẹ lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ wúwo fún oorun. Nígbà tí wọ́n sì tají, wọ́n rí ògo rẹ̀, àti ti àwọn ọkùnrin méjèèjì tí ó bá a dúró. 339.33: Lk 5.5; 8.24,45; 9.49; 17.13.Ó sì ṣe, nígbà tí wọ́n lọ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, Peteru wí fún Jesu pé, “Olùkọ́, ó dára fún wa kí a máa gbé ìhín yìí: jẹ́ kí àwa pa àgọ́ mẹ́ta; ọ̀kan fún ìwọ, àti ọ̀kan fún Mose, àti ọ̀kan fún Elijah.” (Kò mọ èyí tí òun ń wí.)
34Bí ó ti ń sọ báyìí, ìkùùkuu kan wá, ó ṣíji bò wọ́n: ẹ̀rù sì bà wọ́n nígbà tí wọ́n ń wọ inú ìkùùkuu lọ. 359.35: Lk 3.22; Jh 12.28-30.Ohùn kan sì ti inú ìkùùkuu wá wí pé, “Èyí yìí ni àyànfẹ́ ọmọ mi: ẹ máa gbọ́ tirẹ̀.” 369.36: Mt 17.9; Mk 9.9-10.Nígbà tí ohùn náà sì dákẹ́, Jesu nìkan ṣoṣo ni a rí. Wọ́n sì pa á mọ́, wọn kò sì sọ ohunkóhun tí wọ́n rí fún ẹnikẹ́ni ní ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí.
Ìwòsàn ọmọkùnrin kan tí o ní ẹ̀mí èṣù
379.37-43: Mt 17.14-18; Mk 9.14-27.Ó sì ṣe, ní ọjọ́ kejì, nígbà tí wọ́n sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá láti orí òkè, ọ̀pọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn wá pàdé rẹ̀. 38Sì kíyèsi i, ọkùnrin kan nínú ìjọ ènìyàn kígbe sókè, pé “Olùkọ́ mo bẹ̀ ọ́, wo ọmọ mi: nítorí ọmọ mi kan ṣoṣo náà ni. 39Sì kíyèsi i, ẹ̀mí èṣù a máa mú un, a sì máa kígbe lójijì; a sì máa nà án tàntàn títí yóò fi yọ ìfófó lẹ́nu, a máa pa á lára, kì í tilẹ̀ ń fẹ́ fi í sílẹ̀ lọ. 40Mo sì bẹ àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ láti lé e jáde: wọn kò sì lè ṣe é.”
41Jesu sì dáhùn pé, “Ìran aláìgbàgbọ́ àti àrékérekè, èmi ó ti bá yín gbé pẹ́ tó? Èmi yóò sì ti ṣe sùúrù fún yín pẹ́ tó? Fa ọmọ rẹ wá níhìn-ín yìí.”
42Bí ó sì ti ń bọ̀, ẹ̀mí èṣù náà gbé e ṣánlẹ̀, ó sì nà án tàntàn. Jesu sì bá ẹ̀mí àìmọ́ náà wí, ó sì mú ọmọ náà láradá, ó sì fà á lé baba rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́. 439.43-45: Mt 17.22-23; Mk 9.30-32; Lk 9.22; 18.31-34; 17.25.Ẹnu sì ya gbogbo wọn sí iṣẹ́ títóbi Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí hà sì ń ṣe gbogbo wọn sí ohun gbogbo tí Jesu ṣe, ó wí fún àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ pé, 44“Ẹ jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí wọ̀ yín létí: nítorí a ó fi Ọmọ ènìyàn lé àwọn ènìyàn lọ́wọ́.” 45Ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ náà kò yé wọn, ó sì ṣú wọn lójú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kò sì mọ̀ ọ́n: ẹ̀rù sì ń bà wọ́n láti béèrè ìdí ọ̀rọ̀ náà.
Ta ni yí o ga jùlọ
469.46-48: Mt 18.1-5; Mk 9.33-37.Iyàn kan sì dìde láàrín wọn, ní ti ẹni tí yóò ṣe olórí nínú wọn. 47Nígbà tí Jesu sì mọ èrò ọkàn wọn, ó mú ọmọdé kan, ó gbé e jókòó lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀. 489.48: Lk 10.16; Mt 10.40.Ó sì wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá gba ọmọdé yìí nítorí orúkọ mi, ó gbà mí: àti ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá gbà mí, ó gba ẹni tí ó rán mi: nítorí ẹni tí ó bá kéré jù nínú gbogbo yín, òun náà ni yóò pọ̀jù.”
499.49-50: Mk 9.38-40; Lk 11.23.9.49: Lk 5.5; 8.24,45; 9.33; 17.13.Johanu sì dáhùn ó sì wí fún un pé, “Olùkọ́, àwa rí ẹnìkan ó ń fi orúkọ rẹ lé àwọn ẹ̀mí èṣù jáde; àwa sì dá a lẹ́kun, nítorí tí kò bá wa tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn.”
50Jesu sì wí fún un, pé, “Má ṣe dá a lẹ́kun mọ́: nítorí ẹni tí kò bá lòdì sí i yín, ó wà fún yín.”
Ìtakò àwọn ará Samaria
519.51-56: Mk 10.1; Lk 17.11; Jh 4.40-42.Nígbà tí ọjọ́ àti gbà á sókè ń súnmọ́, ó pinnu láti lọ sí Jerusalẹmu. 529.52: Mt 10.5; Jh 4.4.Ó sì rán àwọn ìránṣẹ́ lọ sí iwájú rẹ̀. Nígbà tí wọ́n sì lọ wọ́n wọ ìletò kan tí í ṣe ti ará Samaria láti pèsè sílẹ̀ dè é. 53Wọn kò sì gbà á, nítorí pé ó ń lọ sí Jerusalẹmu. 549.54: Mk 3.17; 2Ọb 1.9-16.Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ Jakọbu àti Johanu sì rí i, wọ́n ní, “Olúwa wa, jẹ́ kí a pe iná láti ọ̀run wá, kí a sì pa wọ́n run, bí Elijah ti ṣe?” 55Ṣùgbọ́n Jesu yípadà, ó sì bá wọn wí, ó ní, ẹ̀yin kò mọ irú ẹ̀mí tí ń bẹ nínú yín 56Nítorí ọmọ ènìyàn kò wá láti pa ẹ̀mí ènìyàn run, bí kò ṣe láti gbà á là. Wọ́n sì lọ sí ìletò mìíràn.
Ìpinnu láti tọ Jesu lẹ́yìn
579.57-60: Mt 8.19-22.Bí wọ́n ti ń lọ lọ́nà, ọkùnrin kan wí fún un pé, “Olúwa, Èmi ń fẹ́ láti máa tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn ní ibikíbi tí ìwọ bá ń lọ.”
58Jesu sì wí fún un pé, “Àwọn kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ ní ihò, àwọn ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run sì ní ìtẹ́; ṣùgbọ́n ọmọ ènìyàn kò ní ibi tí yóò fi orí rẹ̀ lé.”
59Ó sì wí fún ẹlòmíràn pé, “Máa tọ̀ mí lẹ́yìn.”
Ṣùgbọ́n èyí wí fún un pé, “Olúwa, jẹ́ kí èmi lọ sìnkú baba mi ná.”
60Jesu sì wí fún un pé, “Jẹ́ kí àwọn òkú máa sìnkú ara wọn: ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ lọ kí o sì máa wàásù ìjọba Ọlọ́run.”
619.61: 1Ọb 19.20; Fp 3.13.Ẹlòmíràn sì wí fún un pé, “Olúwa, èmi yóò tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí n kọ́kọ́ lọ dágbére fún àwọn ará ilé mi.”
62Jesu sì wí fún un pé, “Kò sí ẹni, tí ó fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé ohun èlò ìtulẹ̀, tí ó sì wo ẹ̀yìn, tí ó yẹ fún ìjọba Ọlọ́run.”
