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差遣十二门徒
9 耶稣叫齐了十二个门徒,给他们能力、权柄制伏一切的鬼,医治各样的病, 2 又差遣他们去宣传神国的道、医治病人, 3 对他们说:“行路的时候不要带拐杖和口袋,不要带食物和银子,也不要带两件褂子。 4 无论进哪一家,就住在那里,也从那里起行。 5 凡不接待你们的,你们离开那城的时候,要把脚上的尘土跺下去,见证他们的不是。” 6 门徒就出去,走遍各乡宣传福音,到处治病。
7 分封的王希律听见耶稣所做的一切事,就游移不定,因为有人说是约翰从死里复活, 8 又有人说是以利亚显现,还有人说是古时的一个先知又活了。 9 希律说:“约翰我已经斩了,这却是什么人,我竟听见他这样的事呢?”就想要见他。
给五千人吃饱
10 使徒回来,将所做的事告诉耶稣。耶稣就带他们暗暗地离开那里,往一座城去,那城名叫伯赛大。 11 但众人知道了,就跟着他去。耶稣便接待他们,对他们讲论神国的道,医治那些需医的人。 12 日头快要平西,十二个门徒来对他说:“请叫众人散开,他们好往四面乡村里去借宿找吃的,因为我们这里是野地。” 13 耶稣说:“你们给他们吃吧!”门徒说:“我们不过有五个饼、两条鱼,若不去为这许多人买食物就不够。” 14 那时人数约有五千。耶稣对门徒说:“叫他们一排一排地坐下,每排大约五十个人。” 15 门徒就如此行,叫众人都坐下。 16 耶稣拿着这五个饼、两条鱼,望着天祝福,掰开,递给门徒,摆在众人面前。 17 他们就吃,并且都吃饱了。把剩下的零碎收拾起来,装满了十二篮子。
认耶稣为基督
18 耶稣自己祷告的时候,门徒也同他在那里。耶稣问他们说:“众人说我是谁?” 19 他们说:“有人说是施洗的约翰,有人说是以利亚,还有人说是古时的一个先知又活了。” 20 耶稣说:“你们说我是谁?”彼得回答说:“是神所立的基督。” 21 耶稣切切地嘱咐他们,不可将这事告诉人。
预言受难
22 又说:“人子必须受许多的苦,被长老、祭司长和文士弃绝,并且被杀,第三日复活。”
当背十架跟从主
23 耶稣又对众人说:“若有人要跟从我,就当舍己,天天背起他的十字架来跟从我。 24 因为凡要救自己生命[a]的,必丧掉生命;凡为我丧掉生命的,必救了生命。 25 人若赚得全世界,却丧了自己、赔上自己,有什么益处呢? 26 凡把我和我的道当做可耻的,人子在自己的荣耀里,并天父与圣天使的荣耀里降临的时候,也要把那人当做可耻的。 27 我实在告诉你们:站在这里的,有人在没尝死味以前,必看见神的国。”
改变相貌
28 说了这话以后约有八天,耶稣带着彼得、约翰、雅各上山去祷告。 29 正祷告的时候,他的面貌就改变了,衣服洁白放光。 30 忽然,有摩西、以利亚两个人同耶稣说话, 31 他们在荣光里显现,谈论耶稣去世的事,就是他在耶路撒冷将要成的事。 32 彼得和他的同伴都打盹,既清醒了,就看见耶稣的荣光,并同他站着的那两个人。 33 二人正要和耶稣分离的时候,彼得对耶稣说:“夫子,我们在这里真好!可以搭三座棚:一座为你,一座为摩西,一座为以利亚。”他却不知道所说的是什么。 34 说这话的时候,有一朵云彩来遮盖他们。他们进入云彩里就惧怕。 35 有声音从云彩里出来,说:“这是我的儿子,我所拣选的[b],你们要听他!” 36 声音住了,只见耶稣一人在那里。当那些日子,门徒不提所看见的事,一样也不告诉人。
害癫痫病的孩子
37 第二天,他们下了山,就有许多人迎见耶稣。 38 其中有一人喊叫说:“夫子!求你看顾我的儿子,因为他是我的独生子。 39 他被鬼抓住就忽然喊叫,鬼又叫他抽风,口中流沫,并且重重地伤害他,难以离开他。 40 我求过你的门徒把鬼赶出去,他们却是不能。” 41 耶稣说:“唉!这又不信又悖谬的世代啊,我在你们这里,忍耐你们要到几时呢?将你的儿子带到这里来吧!” 42 正来的时候,鬼把他摔倒,叫他重重地抽风。耶稣就斥责那污鬼,把孩子治好了,交给他父亲。 43 众人都诧异神的大能[c]。
人子将要被交
耶稣所做的一切事,众人正稀奇的时候,耶稣对门徒说: 44 “你们要把这些话存在耳中,因为人子将要被交在人手里。” 45 他们不明白这话,意思乃是隐藏的,叫他们不能明白,他们也不敢问这话的意思。
议论谁将为大
46 门徒中间起了议论:谁将为大。 47 耶稣看出他们心中的议论,就领一个小孩子来,叫他站在自己旁边, 48 对他们说:“凡为我名接待这小孩子的,就是接待我;凡接待我的,就是接待那差我来的。你们中间最小的,他便为大。”
49 约翰说:“夫子,我们看见一个人奉你的名赶鬼,我们就禁止他,因为他不与我们一同跟从你。” 50 耶稣说:“不要禁止他,因为不敌挡你们的,就是帮助你们的。”
撒马利亚人不接待主
51 耶稣被接上升的日子将到,他就定意向耶路撒冷去, 52 便打发使者在他前头走。他们到了撒马利亚的一个村庄,要为他预备。 53 那里的人不接待他,因他面向耶路撒冷去。 54 他的门徒雅各、约翰看见了,就说:“主啊,你要我们吩咐火从天上降下来烧灭他们,像以利亚所做的[d]吗?” 55 耶稣转身责备两个门徒,说:“你们的心如何,你们并不知道。 56 人子来不是要灭人的性命[e],是要救人的性命。”说着就往别的村庄去了。[f]
57 他们走路的时候,有一人对耶稣说:“你无论往哪里去,我要跟从你。” 58 耶稣说:“狐狸有洞,天空的飞鸟有窝,只是人子没有枕头的地方。” 59 又对一个人说:“跟从我来!”那人说:“主,容我先回去埋葬我的父亲。” 60 耶稣说:“任凭死人埋葬他们的死人,你只管去传扬神国的道。” 61 又有一人说:“主,我要跟从你,但容我先去辞别我家里的人。” 62 耶稣说:“手扶着犁向后看的,不配进神的国。”
Luke 9
New International Version
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve(A)(B)
9 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons(C) and to cure diseases,(D) 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God(E) and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.(F) 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”(G) 6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
7 Now Herod(H) the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John(I) had been raised from the dead,(J) 8 others that Elijah had appeared,(K) and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.(L) 9 But Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?” And he tried to see him.(M)
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(N)(O)
10 When the apostles(P) returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida,(Q) 11 but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God,(R) and healed those who needed healing.
12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
13 He replied, “You give them something to eat.”
They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.” 14 (About five thousand men were there.)
But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 15 The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. 16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them.(S) Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. 17 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah(T)(U)
18 Once when Jesus was praying(V) in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
19 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist;(W) others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”(X)
20 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”(Y)
Jesus Predicts His Death
21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.(Z) 22 And he said, “The Son of Man(AA) must suffer many things(AB) and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,(AC) and he must be killed(AD) and on the third day(AE) be raised to life.”(AF)
23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.(AG) 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.(AH) 25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them(AI) when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.(AJ)
27 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
The Transfiguration(AK)
28 About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James(AL) with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.(AM) 29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. 31 They spoke about his departure,[a](AN) which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. 32 Peter and his companions were very sleepy,(AO) but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. 33 As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master,(AP) it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
34 While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen;(AQ) listen to him.”(AR) 36 When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.(AS)
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy(AT)
37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38 A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him. 40 I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.”
41 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,”(AU) Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
42 Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father. 43 And they were all amazed at the greatness of God.
Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time
While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, 44 “Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.”(AV) 45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it,(AW) and they were afraid to ask him about it.
46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.(AX) 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts,(AY) took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48 Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.(AZ) For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”(BA)
49 “Master,”(BB) said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
50 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”(BC)
Samaritan Opposition
51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven,(BD) Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.(BE) 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan(BF) village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John(BG) saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them[b]?”(BH) 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.
The Cost of Following Jesus(BI)
57 As they were walking along the road,(BJ) a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man(BK) has no place to lay his head.”
59 He said to another man, “Follow me.”(BL)
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”(BM)
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”(BN)
62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus sends out the 12 apostles
9 Jesus asked his 12 apostles to come to him. He gave them power and authority. They could make sick people well. They could also send bad spirits out of people. 2 Then he sent them out to tell people about the kingdom of God. He told them that they should also make sick people well again. 3 He said to them, ‘Do not take anything for your journey. Do not take a stick, or a bag, or food. Do not take any money. Do not take extra clothes.[a] 4 In each town, continue to stay at the first house that you go into. Stay there until you leave that town. 5 In some towns, the people will not accept you. You should leave that place. Clean that town's dirt from your feet. Then it will be clear that they have done something wrong.’
6 Then the apostles started out. They went to visit all the villages. In every place they told people the good news about Jesus and they made sick people well.
A ruler hears about Jesus
7 People told the ruler, Herod, about all the things that were happening.[b] His mind was confused because people were saying lots of different things about Jesus. Some people were saying, ‘John the Baptist died but now he has become alive again.’ 8 Other people were saying, ‘It is Elijah that has come back.’ Some other people were saying, ‘This is one of God's prophets who lived a long time ago. Now he has become alive again.’[c]
9 Herod said, ‘I sent a soldier to cut off John's head.[d] So who is this man? I hear many things about him.’ After that, Herod was trying to meet Jesus.
Jesus feeds 5,000 men and their families
10 The 12 apostles that Jesus had sent out returned. They told him what they had done. Then he took them away from the crowd, so that he could be alone with them. They went to a town called Bethsaida. 11 But the crowds found out about this. So they went to find Jesus. When he saw the crowds coming, he welcomed them. He taught them about the kingdom of God. Some sick people were there and he made them well again.
12 When it was nearly evening, the 12 apostles came to Jesus. ‘There are no houses in this place,’ they said. ‘Send the crowd away now. Tell them to go to the villages and farms near here. Then they can get food to eat and they can find a place to sleep.’
13 Jesus said to them, ‘You should give them some food to eat.’
But the disciples said, ‘We have only five loaves of bread and two fish. Do you want us to go and buy food for all these people?’ 14 There were about 5,000 men in the crowd.
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Tell the people that they should sit down on the ground in groups. There should be about 50 people in each group.’
15 So they did this. When the people had sat down, 16 Jesus took the five loaves of bread and the two fish. Then he looked up towards heaven and he thanked God for the food. He broke the bread into pieces. He gave the pieces of bread to the disciples, and they gave the bread to the crowd. 17 Everybody ate and they all had enough food. They were not hungry any more. Then the disciples picked up the bits of food that people had not eaten. They filled 12 baskets with all the little bits of food.[e]
Peter says who Jesus is
18 One day, Jesus was alone and he was praying. The disciples came to him. Jesus asked them, ‘When the crowds talk about me, who do they say that I am?’
19 They replied, ‘Some people say that you are John the Baptist. Other people say that you are Elijah. And some other people say that you are one of God's prophets from long ago. They think that this prophet has become alive again.’[f]
20 ‘But what do you think?’ Jesus then asked them. ‘Who do you say that I am?’
Peter replied, ‘You are the Messiah. God has sent you.’[g]
21 Jesus spoke very strongly to them. He told them that they must not tell anyone about this.[h]
22 Then he said, ‘The Son of Man will have to suffer in many ways. The important Jews, the leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law will turn against him. People will kill him, but three days later God will cause him to become alive again.’[i]
23 Then Jesus said to all the people that were there, ‘A person who wants to be my disciple must not think about himself. He must decide that his own life is not important. Every day he must be like someone who carries his own cross to go and die. Then he may come with me as my disciple.
24 Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life. 25 A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it would not be any good for him. He will have destroyed himself in the end. 26 You must not be ashamed of me and of my words. If you are, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you. One day he will return and everyone will see his power. He will come with God's holy angels and he will have the bright glory of his Father God. He will be ashamed of you on that day, if you are ashamed of him now.’
Three disciples see how great Jesus is
27 Then Jesus said, ‘What I tell you is true. Some people who are standing here will see clearly God begin to rule in his kingdom. They will see that before they die.’
28 About eight days after Jesus had said these things, he went up a mountain to pray. He took Peter, John and James with him. 29 While Jesus was praying, his face became different to look at.[j] His clothes also became very white. They were shining brightly.
30 Then two men appeared and they were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.[k] 31 They were very bright to look at. They talked with Jesus about how he would soon die in Jerusalem. This was how God wanted him to leave this world.
32 While this was happening, Peter and his friends were sleeping. Then they really woke up and they saw that Jesus was very great and beautiful. They also saw the two men that were standing near to him. 33 Then the two men began to leave. So Peter said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, it is good that we are here. Please, let us build three huts. One hut will be for you. One hut will be for Moses and one hut will be for Elijah.’ But Peter did not really know what he was saying.[l]
34 While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared. It covered them all. When the cloud came over them, the three disciples were afraid. 35 Then a voice spoke from the cloud and it said, ‘This is my Son. He is the one that I have chosen. Listen to him.’
36 The voice stopped speaking. Then the three disciples saw that only Jesus was there with them now.
They did not tell anyone at this time about what they had seen.
Jesus makes a boy well
37 The next day Jesus came down from the mountain with the three disciples. A large crowd met him. 38 A man from the crowd shouted to him. ‘Teacher, please, I ask you to help my son. He is my only child. 39 Sometimes a bad spirit takes hold of him and then he screams. The spirit throws his body first one way then another and water comes out of his mouth. The spirit gives him a lot of pain and it does not leave him alone very much. 40 I asked your disciples to send the bad spirit out of him. But they could not do it.’
41 Jesus said, ‘You people today still do not believe in God. You have turned away from him. I have been with you for a long time and still you do not believe. It is difficult for me to be patient with you.’ Then Jesus said to the man, ‘Bring your son here.’
42 While the boy was coming, the bad spirit threw him to the ground. It threw the boy first one way and then the other. ‘Stop!’ Jesus said to it. He then made the boy well and he gave him back to his father.
43 Everybody was very surprised at what they saw. They knew that God was very powerful.
Jesus speaks again about his death
The people were still thinking with surprise about everything that Jesus was doing. Then he began to talk to his disciples. 44 He said to them, ‘Do not forget what I am telling you now. Soon they will deliver the Son of Man to powerful people to kill him.’ 45 But they did not understand what Jesus had said. Its meaning was a secret to them, so they could not understand. But they were afraid to ask Jesus, ‘What do you mean?’
Who will be the most important?
46 Then the disciples began to argue with each other. They argued about which of them was the most important. 47 Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he took a child and he made him stand there at his side. 48 Jesus said, ‘If someone accepts this child because of me, then he also accepts me. And anyone who accepts me also accepts my Father God, who sent me. The person who makes himself the least important among you is really the greatest.’[m]
49 John then said, ‘Teacher, we saw a man who was speaking to people that had bad spirits in them. He was saying, “Jesus says that you must come out.” We told the man that he must not do this. We said that because he is not in our group.’
50 ‘Do not try to stop him,’ Jesus said, ‘If someone is not against you, he is working to help you.’
People in a village in Samaria do not accept Jesus
51 The time came when God would soon take Jesus up to heaven. Jesus knew this, so he began to go towards Jerusalem. 52 He arrived near a village in the country of Samaria. He sent some people into the village with a message. They went to ask for a place to stay for the night. 53 But the people in the village would not let him stay there. This was because he was going to Jerusalem.[n]
54 Then James and John heard about what had happened. They asked Jesus, ‘Master, do you want us to ask God to send fire down from the sky? Do you want us to kill these people?’
55 Jesus turned round. ‘No!’ he said, ‘Do not do that. That would be wrong.’ 56 Then they all went on to another village.
What it costs to obey Jesus
57 They continued on their journey. A man came and spoke to Jesus. He said, ‘I will go with you. And I will go with you everywhere that you go.’
58 Jesus replied, ‘Wild animals and birds have their own places to live. But I, the Son of Man, have no place of my own to lie down and rest.’
59 Then Jesus said to another man, ‘Come with me!’ The man replied, ‘First let me go home and bury my father. Then I will come with you.’
60 ‘No!’ Jesus said, ‘Let people who are dead themselves bury their own dead people. You should go and tell people about the kingdom of God.’[o]
61 Another man said, ‘Sir, I will come with you. But please let me first go home to say “Goodbye” to my family.’
62 Jesus replied, ‘A man that ploughs a field must continue to look straight in front of him. If he looks behind him, he cannot plough well. People that look back behind them cannot work well for the kingdom of God.’
Footnotes
- 9:3 Jesus wanted those that he was sending out to trust him. The Holy Spirit would cause other people to give them what they needed.
- 9:7 This was Herod Antipas. See Luke 3:1.
- 9:8 Elijah was a man that spoke messages from God. He lived about 850 years before Jesus was born. God took Elijah up to heaven while he was still alive. See 2 Kings 2.
- 9:9 You can read about the death of John the Baptist in Mark 6.
- 9:17 Only God could make five loaves of bread and two fish enough to feed 5,000 men and their families. This showed that Jesus' power came from God.
- 9:19 This is the same report that Herod heard in 9:7-8.
- 9:20 The people were waiting for God to send the Messiah. They thought that this person would save them from the Roman government. They thought that he would be a great soldier.
- 9:21 Jesus knew that the people had wrong ideas about the Messiah. So he wanted to teach them how God rules in the lives of his people. He wanted to show them this by his life and death. Only then would the people understand that he really was the Messiah.
- 9:22 Jesus told his friends what would happen to him. This is the first time that he told them.
- 9:29 Matthew says in Matthew 17:2 that Jesus' face shone like the sun.
- 9:30 Moses was a leader of the people of God. He died about 1400 years before Jesus was born. We can read about him in the book of Exodus. Elijah was a prophet who spoke messages from God. He lived about 850 years before Jesus was born. God took Elijah up to heaven while he was still alive. See 2 Kings 2.
- 9:33 Peter wanted these important men to remain on the mountain. That is why he wanted to build the huts. This would not have been the right thing to do.
- 9:48 Jesus' friends were thinking that a child was not important. Jesus showed them that a child is important to God. The way that they accept a child shows if they understand this. We should not think that we are more important than other people.
- 9:53 The people in Samaria did not like Jews to stay in their village.
- 9:60 The man wanted to wait until his father had died. Then he would follow Jesus. Jesus did not agree. He called people that did not obey him ‘dead’. Those people could bury someone that had died. Jesus needed people now to tell the good news about how God rules.
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