Luke 9:18-50

18Once when Yeshua was praying alone and His disciples were near, He put a question to them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

19They replied, “John the Immerser, but others Elijah, and others that some prophet from among the ancients has arisen.”

20Then He said to them, “But who do you that say I am?” Then Peter answered and said, “The Messiah of God.”

21But Yeshua warned them, and He ordered them not to tell this to anyone,

22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and ruling kohanim and Torah scholars, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

23Then Yeshua was saying to everyone, “If anyone wants to follow Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross every day, and follow Me.

24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

25“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

26For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

27But I tell you truthfully, there are some standing here who will never taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

28About eight days after these teachings, Yeshua took Peter, John, and Jacob with Him and went up the mountain to pray.

29While He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothing flashed like white lightning.

30And behold, two men were talking with Him, Moses and Elijah.

31Appearing in glory, they were speaking of Yeshua’s departure, which was about to take place in Jerusalem.

32Now Peter and those with him were overcome with sleep. But when they awakened, they saw Yeshua’s glory and the two men standing with Him.

33And as they were leaving Yeshua, Peter said to Him, “Master, it’s good for us to be here. Let’s make three sukkot: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he was saying.

34While he was yet saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

35Then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the One I have chosen. Listen to Him!”

36And after the voice happened, Yeshua was found alone. They kept quiet and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

37On the next day as they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Yeshua.

38Suddenly a man from the crowd shouted out loudly, saying, “Teacher, I’m begging You to look at my son, for he’s my only child!

39You see, a spirit takes hold of him, and he immediately screams. It throws him into convulsions with frothing. It hardly ever leaves him—it’s crushing him!

40I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

41Then answering, Yeshua said, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

42And while the boy was still approaching Yeshua, the demon knocked him down to the ground and threw him into convulsions. But Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and restored him to his father.

43And all were amazed at the mighty power of God. But as everyone was marveling at all He was doing, He said to His disciples,

44“Put these words into your ears: the Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”

45But they did not understand this statement; it was yet concealed from them so they could not grasp it. And they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

46Now a dispute began between the disciples as to who might be the greatest among them.

47But Yeshua, knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a child and set him by His side.

48He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in My name, welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me, welcomes the One who sent Me. The one who is the least among all of you is the one who is great.”

49John replied, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he doesn’t follow along with us.”

50Yeshua said to him, “Do not stop him, for he who is not against you is for you.”