Luke 9:21-31

Jesus Foretells His Death

21 ¹And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one,

22 ²saying, ³"The Son of Man must ⁴suffer many things and ⁵be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on ⁶the third day be raised."

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

23 And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him ⁷deny himself and ⁸take up his cross ⁹daily and follow me.

24 For ¹⁰whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

25 ¹¹For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

26 For ¹²whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed ¹³when he comes in ¹⁴his glory and the glory of the Father and of ¹⁵the holy angels.

27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not ¹⁶taste death ¹⁷until they see the kingdom of God."

The Transfiguration

28 ¹⁸Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him ¹⁹Peter and John and James and ²⁰went up on the mountain to pray.

29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was ²¹altered, and ²²his clothing became dazzling white.

30 And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah,

31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure,^[a] which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.