Luke 9:1-17
Luke 9:1-17 (Good News Translation)
1Jesus called the twelve disciples together and gave them power and
authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases.
2Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal
the sick,
3after 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.
4Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you
leave that town;
5wherever people don't welcome you, leave that town and shake
the dust off your feet as a warning to them.
6The disciples left and traveled through all the villages,
preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.
7When 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.
8Others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others
that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.
9Herod 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.
10The 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.
11When 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.
12When 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.”
13But 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?”
14(There were about five thousand men there.)
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Make the people sit down in groups of about fifty
each.”
15After the disciples had done so,
16Jesus 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.
17They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve
baskets of what was left over.
authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases.
2Then he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal
the sick,
3after 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.
4Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you
leave that town;
5wherever people don't welcome you, leave that town and shake
the dust off your feet as a warning to them.
6The disciples left and traveled through all the villages,
preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.
7When 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.
8Others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others
that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.
9Herod 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.
10The 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.
11When 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.
12When 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.”
13But 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?”
14(There were about five thousand men there.)
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Make the people sit down in groups of about fifty
each.”
15After the disciples had done so,
16Jesus 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.
17They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve
baskets of what was left over.
God bless you.
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