Luke 9:7–27

⁷ⁱNow Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Him; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, ⁸and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again. ⁹Herod said, “John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things?” ^jSo he sought to see Him.

^10kAnd the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. ^lThen He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. ¹¹But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

Five Thousand are Fed

Matt. 14:15–21; Mark 6:35–44; John 6:1–14

^12mWhen the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.”

¹³But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴For there were about five thousand men.

Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.” ¹⁵And they did so, and made them all sit down.

¹⁶Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He ⁿblessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. ¹⁷So they all ate and were ¹filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them.

Peter’s Confession of Faith

Matt. 16:13–21; Mark 8:27–31

^18oAnd it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

¹⁹So they answered and said, ^p“John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”

²⁰He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

^qPeter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

^21rAnd He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one, ²²saying, ^s“The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.”

True Cost of Discipleship

Matt. 16:24–27; Mark 8:34–38

^23tThen He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross ²daily, and follow Me. ^24uFor whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. ^25vFor what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? ^26wFor whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ^xashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.

^27yBut I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”

The Transfiguration

Matt. 16:28–17:9; Mark 9:1–9; 2 Pet. 1:17, 18