He called the twelve 1 together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. Jhn 14:12Luk 10:19Mat 16:19Act 4:30Mrk 16:17-18Mrk 6:7-13Act 1:8Mat 10:1-5 He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick. Mat 10:7-8Luk 10:9Mat 3:2Luk 9:11Mat 13:19Mat 24:14Mrk 6:12Luk 10:11 He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey—no staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money. Don’t have two tunics each. Luk 22:35Psa 37:3Luk 10:4-12Mat 10:9-142Ti 2:4Luk 12:22Luk 3:11Mrk 6:8-11 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there. Mat 10:11Mrk 6:10Luk 10:5-8Act 16:15 As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.” Act 13:51Act 18:6Mat 10:14-15Mrk 6:11Luk 10:16Luk 10:10-12Luk 9:53-56Luk 9:48
They departed and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News and healing everywhere. Act 4:30Act 5:15Mrk 16:20Mrk 6:12-13Luk 9:1-2
Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, Mat 14:1-12Mrk 6:14-28Job 18:11-12Luk 3:1Luk 9:19Psa 73:19Isa 22:5Mic 7:4 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again. Jhn 1:21Luk 9:19Mat 17:10Mrk 6:15Mrk 8:28 Herod said, “I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him. Luk 23:8Luk 13:31-32
The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. Mat 11:21Heb 13:17Mat 14:13-21Jhn 1:44Jhn 6:5-13Luk 10:17Luk 9:10-17Mrk 2:7
He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of 2 a city called Bethsaida. But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of God’s Kingdom, and he cured those who needed healing. 2Ti 4:2Act 28:31Heb 4:16Isa 61:1Jhn 4:34Jhn 6:37Luk 1:53Luk 5:31 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms and lodge and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.” Hos 13:5Jhn 6:1Jhn 6:5-15Mat 15:23Mrk 6:35-44Ezk 34:25Mat 14:15-21Mat 15:32
But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” Pro 11:24-252Ki 4:42-43Jhn 6:5-9Mrk 6:37-38Mat 14:16-17Num 11:21-23
They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.” For they were about five thousand men. 1Co 14:40Mrk 6:39-40Mrk 8:6
He said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” They did so, and made them all sit down. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. Mat 14:191Ti 4:4-5Luk 24:30Mat 15:36Act 27:35Jhn 6:11Jhn 6:23Luk 22:19 They ate and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over. 2Ki 4:44Jhn 6:11-13Mat 14:20-21Mat 15:37-38Mat 16:9-10Mrk 6:42-44Mrk 8:19-20Mrk 8:8-9
As he was praying alone, the disciples were near him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?” Mat 16:13-16Mrk 8:27-30Luk 11:1Mat 26:36Luk 22:39-41
They answered, “‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.” Jhn 1:21Luk 9:7-8Mal 4:5Mat 14:2Mrk 6:15Jhn 1:25Jhn 7:40Jhn 9:17
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Mat 16:15-17Jhn 1:49Jhn 20:31Jhn 4:29Jhn 4:42Jhn 6:68-69Jhn 7:41Act 17:3
Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
But he warned them and commanded them to tell this to no one, Mat 16:20Mat 17:9Mrk 8:30-31 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.” Isa 53:1-12Luk 24:7Luk 18:31-34Luk 9:441Pe 1:11Act 4:25-28Mrk 10:33-34Mrk 9:31
He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, 3 and follow me. Mat 10:38-39Luk 14:26-27Rom 8:13Jhn 12:25-26Mrk 8:34-38Col 3:5Tit 2:122Ti 3:12 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it. Luk 17:33Jhn 12:25Act 20:23-24Rev 2:10Rev 12:11Heb 11:35 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self? Mat 16:26Mrk 8:36Luk 12:19-21Psa 49:6-8Luk 4:5-72Pe 2:15-171Co 9:27Act 1:25 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels. Mat 10:32-332Ti 2:12Luk 12:8-9Rom 1:16Mat 16:27Mrk 8:38Rev 21:8Mat 25:31 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.” Mat 16:28Mrk 9:1Jhn 21:22-23Luk 2:26Heb 2:9Jhn 8:51-52Luk 22:18Mrk 14:25
About eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray. Luk 6:12Mat 17:1-13Mat 26:37-39Mrk 14:33-36Mrk 9:2-13Psa 109:4Heb 5:7Luk 8:51 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling. Mat 17:2Mrk 9:2-32Pe 1:16-18Exo 34:29-35Isa 33:17Isa 53:2Php 3:7-8Rev 20:11 Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah, 2Co 3:7-11Heb 3:3-6Jhn 1:17Luk 1:17Luk 24:27Luk 24:44Luk 9:19Mat 17:3-4 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, 4 which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Php 3:211Pe 1:11-121Pe 5:102Pe 1:15Col 3:4Jhn 1:29Luk 13:32-34Luk 9:22
Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him. Dan 8:18Jhn 1:14Dan 10:9Mat 26:40-43Exo 33:18-23Isa 60:1-3Isa 60:19Jhn 17:24 As they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said. Mrk 9:5-6Mrk 10:382Co 4:6Jhn 14:8Luk 5:5Psa 27:4Psa 4:6-7Psa 63:2-5
While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. Exo 40:34-38Mat 17:5-7Exo 14:19-20Isa 19:1Jdg 13:22Jdg 6:22Mrk 9:7-8Psa 18:9-11 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!” Luk 3:22Act 3:22-23Mat 3:17Deu 18:18-19Heb 3:15Heb 5:9Isa 42:1Jhn 3:35-36 When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen. Mat 17:9Mrk 9:9-10Ecc 3:7Mrk 9:6
On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. Mat 17:14-20Mrk 9:14-29 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only born 5 child. Jhn 4:47Zec 12:10Luk 7:12Luk 8:41-42Mat 15:22Gen 44:20 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. Mrk 9:20Luk 4:35Luk 8:29Mrk 5:4-5Mrk 9:261Pe 5:8Jhn 8:44Rev 9:11 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.” Luk 9:1Act 19:13-162Ki 4:31Luk 10:17-19Mat 17:20
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.” Deu 32:5Jhn 14:9Jhn 20:27Mat 16:4Mat 17:17Mrk 9:19Rom 2:42Ki 5:8
While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 2Ki 4:36Luk 7:15Luk 9:39Mrk 9:20Mrk 9:26-27Rev 12:121Ki 17:23Act 9:41 They were all astonished at the majesty of God. Luk 9:43-45Luk 5:26Act 3:10-13Luk 8:25Mat 17:22Mrk 9:30-322Pe 1:16Luk 4:36
But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.” Act 2:23Luk 9:22Heb 2:1Luk 2:19Mrk 9:311Th 3:3-42Sa 24:14Heb 12:2-5 But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. Luk 18:34Luk 2:50Jhn 12:16Mrk 9:322Co 3:14-16Jhn 16:17-18Mrk 9:10Jhn 12:34
An argument arose among them about which of them was the greatest. Mat 18:1-5Mat 20:20-22Mrk 9:33-373Jn 1:9Php 2:3Gal 5:20-21Gal 5:25-26Luk 14:7-11 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side, Jhn 16:30Luk 5:22Psa 139:231Co 14:20Heb 4:13Jhn 2:25Mat 19:13-15Mat 9:4 and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.” 1Pe 5:6Luk 14:11Mrk 9:37Jhn 13:20Luk 10:16Luk 22:26Mat 10:40-42Mat 23:11-12
John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow with us.” Mrk 9:38-40Num 11:27-29Mrk 10:13-14Act 4:18-19Act 5:281Th 2:16Luk 5:53Jn 1:9-10
Jesus said to him, “Don’t forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.” Luk 11:23Mat 12:30Php 1:15-181Co 12:3Luk 16:13Pro 3:5-6Mrk 9:41Mat 17:26
It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem Isa 50:5-9Luk 18:31Luk 13:22Mrk 16:191Ti 3:16Act 1:2Act 1:9Act 20:22-24 and sent messengers before his face. They went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him. Mat 10:52Ki 17:24-33Luk 10:1Jhn 8:48Luk 10:33Luk 17:16Ezr 4:1-5Luk 7:27 They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set toward Jerusalem. Jhn 4:9Jhn 4:40-42Luk 9:48 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky and destroy them, just as Elijah did?” 2Ki 1:10-14Jas 1:19-20Jas 3:14-18Act 4:29-302Ki 10:312Sa 21:22Ki 10:16Rev 13:3
But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are. 1Pe 3:9Job 2:10Job 26:4Mat 16:23Rev 3:19Jer 17:9Job 31:29-31Mat 26:51 For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” Mat 20:28Jhn 3:17Rom 12:21Jhn 10:10Luk 19:101Pe 2:21-23Mat 18:101Ti 1:15
They went to another village. As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.” Mat 8:19-22Jhn 13:37Luk 9:57-60Exo 19:8Luk 9:51
Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Mat 8:20Luk 14:26-332Co 8:9Luk 18:22-23Jas 2:5Jhn 6:60-66Psa 84:3Jos 24:19-22
He said to another, “Follow me!” Mat 16:241Ki 19:20Mat 6:33Mat 8:21-22Hag 1:2Mat 4:19-22Mat 9:9
But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.” 2Ti 2:3-41Ti 5:6Jhn 21:15-172Ti 4:22Ti 4:5Luk 15:32Rev 3:11Co 9:16
Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.” Luk 14:261Ki 19:20Luk 14:18-20Mat 10:37-38Deu 33:9Ecc 9:10
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.” Php 3:13Heb 10:382Pe 2:20-22Luk 17:31-32Jas 1:6-8Psa 78:8-92Ti 4:10Act 15:37-38