008:055 And her spirit returned, and instantly she stood up;
and He directed them to give her some food.
008:056 Her parents were astounded; but He forbad them to mention
the matter to any one.
009:001 Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power
and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;
009:002 and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to
cure the sick.
009:003 And He commanded them, "Take nothing for your journey;
neither stick nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have
an extra under garment.
009:004 Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from
it start afresh.
009:005 Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake
off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."
009:006 So they departed and visited village after village,
spreading the Good News and performing cures everywhere.
009:007 Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on;
and he was bewildered because of its being said by some
that John had come back to life,
009:008 by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some
one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.
009:009 And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this,
of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity
of seeing Jesus.
009:010 The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done.
Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat,
to a town called Bethsaida.
009:011 But the immense crowd, aware of this, followed Him; and receiving
them kindly He proceeded to speak to them of the Kingdom of God,
and those who needed to be restored to health, He cured.
009:012 Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said,
"Send the people away, that they may go to the villages
and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food;
because here we are in an uninhabited district."
009:013 "You yourselves," He said, "must give them food."
"We have nothing," they replied, "but five loaves and a couple
of fish, unless indeed we were to go and buy provisions
for all this host of people."
009:014 (For there were about 5,000 adult men.) But He said to His disciples,
"Make them sit down in parties of about fifty each."
009:015 They did so, making them all, without exception, sit down.
009:016 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking
up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions
which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.
009:017 So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they
had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.
009:018 One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present;
and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"
009:019 "John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah;
and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come
back to life."
009:020 "But you," He asked, "who do you say that I am?"
"God's Anointed One," replied Peter.
009:021 And Jesus strictly forbad them to tell this to any one;
009:022 and He said, "The Son of Man must suffer much cruelty, be rejected
by the Elders and High Priests and Scribes, and be put to death,
and on the third day be raised to life again."
009:023 And He said to all, "If any one is desirous of following me,
let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day,
and so be my follower.
009:024 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever
loses his life for my sake shall save it.
009:025 Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world,
but to have lost or forfeited his own self.
009:026 For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings,
of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His
own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels.
009:027 I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand
here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen
the Kingdom of God."
009:028 It was about eight days after this that Jesus, taking with
Him Peter, John, and James, went up the mountain to pray.
009:029 And while He was praying the appearance of His face underwent
a change, and His clothing became white and radiant.
009:030 And suddenly there were two men conversing with Him, who were
Moses and Elijah.
009:031 They came in glory, and kept speaking about His death,
which He was so soon to undergo in Jerusalem.
009:032 Now Peter and the others were weighed down with sleep;
but, keeping themselves awake all through, they saw His glory,
and the two men standing with Him.
009:033 And when they were preparing to depart from Him, Peter said
to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here.
Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses,
and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying.
009:034 But while he was thus speaking, there came a cloud which spread
over them; and they were awe-struck when they had entered
into the cloud.
009:035 Then there came a voice from within the cloud:
"This is My Son, My Chosen One: listen to Him."
009:036 After this voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.
They kept it to themselves, and said not a word to any one
at that time about what they had seen.
009:037 On the following day, when they were come down from the mountain,
a great crowd came to meet Him;
009:038 and a man from the crowd called out, "Rabbi, I beg you to pity
my son, for he is my only child.
009:039 At times a spirit seizes him and he suddenly cries out.
It convulses him, and makes him foam at the mouth, and does
not leave him till it has well-nigh covered him with bruises.