Luke 9:24-34

24 For ¹whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

25 ²For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

26 For ³whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed ⁴when he comes in ⁵his glory and the glory of the Father and of ⁶the holy angels.

27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not ⁷taste death ⁸until they see the kingdom of God."

The Transfiguration

28 ⁹Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him ¹⁰Peter and John and James and ¹¹went up on the mountain to pray.

29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was ¹²altered, and ¹³his 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.

32 Now Peter and those who were with him ¹⁴were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake ¹⁵they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

33 And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three ¹⁶tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah"--¹⁷not knowing what he said.

34 As he was saying these things, ¹⁸a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.