Luke 9:23-36

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

23 And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him ¹deny himself and ²take up his cross ³daily and follow me.

24 For ⁴whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

25 ⁵For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

26 For ⁶whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed ⁷when he comes in ⁸his glory and the glory of the Father and of ⁹the holy angels.

27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not ¹⁰taste death ¹¹until they see the kingdom of God."

The Transfiguration

28 ¹²Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him ¹³Peter and John and James and ¹⁴went up on the mountain to pray.

29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was ¹⁵altered, and ¹⁶his 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 ¹⁷were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake ¹⁸they 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 ¹⁹tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah"--²⁰not knowing what he said.

34 As he was saying these things, ²¹a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

35 And ²²a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, ²³my Chosen One;^[b]24 listen to him!"

36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. ²⁵And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

Cross References

• 1. [2 Timothy 2:12, 13]
• 2. See Matthew 10:38, 39
• 3. 1 Corinthians 15:31
• 4. [See ver. 23 above]
• 5. [Luke 12:20]
• 6. Romans 1:16; 2 Tim. 1:8, 12, 16; Hebrews 11:16; 1 John 2:28; [Matthew 10:33]
• 7. Daniel 7:10, 13; Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 25:31; Matthew 26:64; John 1:51; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Jude 14; Revelation 1:7; [Deuteronomy 33:2]
• 8. Matthew 19:28; Matthew 25:31; Mark 10:37; John 17:24
• 9. Acts 10:22; Revelation 14:10; [Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:27]
• 10. John 8:52; Hebrews 2:9
• 11. [Luke 21:31, 32; Matthew 10:23; Matthew 23:36; Matthew 24:34; Mark 13:30]
• 12. For ver. 28-36, see Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8
• 13. Luke 8:51; Mark 14:33
• 14. See Matthew 14:23
• 15. Mark 16:12(Gk.)
• 16. Daniel 7:9; [Psalms 104:2; Matthew 28:3]
• 17. Daniel 8:18; Matthew 26:43
• 18. See John 1:14
• 19. [Nehemiah 8:15]
• 20. [Mark 9:6; Mark 14:40]
• 21. 2 Peter 1:17; [Exodus 24:15, 16]
• 22. [See ver. 34 above]
• 23. Luke 23:35; Isaiah 42:1; [Psalms 89:3; Isaiah 49:7]
• 24. Acts 3:22
• 25. Matthew 17:9; Mark 9:9, 10

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek exodus
• [b]. Some manuscripts my Beloved