Luke 9:37-62.
Luke 9:37-62 (Good News Translation)
37The next day Jesus and the three disciples went down from the hill, and
a large crowd met Jesus.
38A man shouted from the crowd,
Teacher! I beg you, look at my son—my only son!
39A spirit attacks him with a sudden shout and throws him into
a fit, so that he foams at the mouth; it keeps on hurting him and will
hardly let him go!
40I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.
41Jesus answered,
“How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I
stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you?” Then he said
to the man,
“Bring your son here.”
42As the boy was coming, the demon knocked him to the ground
and threw him into a fit. Jesus gave a command to the evil spirit, healed
the boy, and gave him back to his father.
43All the people were amazed at the mighty power of God.
The people were still marveling at everything Jesus was doing,
when he said to his disciples,
44“Don't forget what I am about to tell you! The Son of
Man is going to be handed over to the power of human beings.”
45But the disciples did not know what this meant. It had been
hidden from them so that they could not understand it, and they were
afraid to ask him about the matter.
46An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of
them was the greatest.
47Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a child, stood
him by his side,
48and said to them,
“Whoever welcomes this child in my name, welcomes me; and
whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is
least among you all is the greatest.”
49John spoke up,
“Master, we saw a man driving out demons in your name, and
we told him to stop, because he doesn't belong to our group.”
50“Do not try to stop him,” Jesus said to him and
to the other disciples,
“because whoever is not against you is for you.”
51As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven,
he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem.
52He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in
Samaria to get everything ready for him.
53But the people there would not receive him, because it was
clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem.
54When the disciples James and John saw this, they said,
“Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to
destroy them?”
55Jesus turned and rebuked them.
56Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.
57As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus,
“I will follow you wherever you go.”
58Jesus said to him,
“Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of
Man has no place to lie down and rest.”
59He said to another man,
“Follow me.”
But that man said,
“Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”
60Jesus answered,
“Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the
Kingdom of God.”
61Someone else said,
“I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say
good-bye to my family.”
62Jesus said to him,
“Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is
of no use for the Kingdom of God.&rdquo
a large crowd met Jesus.
38A man shouted from the crowd,
Teacher! I beg you, look at my son—my only son!
39A spirit attacks him with a sudden shout and throws him into
a fit, so that he foams at the mouth; it keeps on hurting him and will
hardly let him go!
40I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.
41Jesus answered,
“How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I
stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you?” Then he said
to the man,
“Bring your son here.”
42As the boy was coming, the demon knocked him to the ground
and threw him into a fit. Jesus gave a command to the evil spirit, healed
the boy, and gave him back to his father.
43All the people were amazed at the mighty power of God.
The people were still marveling at everything Jesus was doing,
when he said to his disciples,
44“Don't forget what I am about to tell you! The Son of
Man is going to be handed over to the power of human beings.”
45But the disciples did not know what this meant. It had been
hidden from them so that they could not understand it, and they were
afraid to ask him about the matter.
46An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of
them was the greatest.
47Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a child, stood
him by his side,
48and said to them,
“Whoever welcomes this child in my name, welcomes me; and
whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is
least among you all is the greatest.”
49John spoke up,
“Master, we saw a man driving out demons in your name, and
we told him to stop, because he doesn't belong to our group.”
50“Do not try to stop him,” Jesus said to him and
to the other disciples,
“because whoever is not against you is for you.”
51As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven,
he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem.
52He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in
Samaria to get everything ready for him.
53But the people there would not receive him, because it was
clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem.
54When the disciples James and John saw this, they said,
“Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to
destroy them?”
55Jesus turned and rebuked them.
56Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.
57As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus,
“I will follow you wherever you go.”
58Jesus said to him,
“Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of
Man has no place to lie down and rest.”
59He said to another man,
“Follow me.”
But that man said,
“Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”
60Jesus answered,
“Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the
Kingdom of God.”
61Someone else said,
“I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say
good-bye to my family.”
62Jesus said to him,
“Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is
of no use for the Kingdom of God.&rdquo
God bless you.
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