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Luke 9:1¹After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 14:12 Luke 10:19 Matt 16:19 Acts 4:30 Mark 16:17-18 Mark 6:7-13 Acts 1:8 Matt 10:1-5 Mark 3:13-19 Acts 9:34

Luke 9:2²and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 10:9 Matt 10:7-8 Matt 3:2 Luke 9:11 Mark 6:12 Matt 13:19 Matt 24:14 Luke 10:11 Luke 16:16 Mark 16:15

Luke 9:3³He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:35 Ps 37:3 Luke 10:4-12 2 Tim 2:4 Matt 10:9-14 Luke 12:22 Luke 3:11 Mark 6:8-11 Luke 12:28 Luke 5:29

Luke 9:4⁴Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:11 Mark 6:10 Luke 10:5-8 Acts 16:15

Luke 9:5⁵Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 13:51 Acts 18:6 Mark 6:11 Matt 10:14-15 Luke 10:10-12 Luke 10:16 Luke 9:48 Luke 9:53-56 Mark 9:37 Neh 5:13

Luke 9:6⁶Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 4:30 Acts 5:15 Mark 16:20 Mark 6:12-13 Luke 9:1-2

Luke 9:7⁷Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:14-28 Matt 14:1-12 Luke 3:1 Luke 9:19 Isa 22:5 Job 18:11-12 Mic 7:4 Ps 73:19 Luke 21:25

Luke 9:8⁸while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:21 Luke 9:19 Mark 6:15 Mark 8:28 Matt 17:10

Luke 9:9⁹Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 23:8 Luke 13:31-32

Luke 9:10¹⁰When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 11:21 Heb 13:17 Matt 14:13-21 John 1:44 John 6:5-13 Luke 10:17 Luke 9:10-17 Mark 2:7 Mark 6:30-45 Zech 1:10

Luke 9:11¹¹But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:2 Acts 28:31 Heb 4:16 Isa 61:1 John 4:34 John 6:37 Luke 1:53 Luke 5:31 Luke 8:1 Luke 8:10

Luke 9:12¹²Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 13:5 John 6:1 John 6:5-15 Mark 6:35-44 Matt 15:23 Ezek 34:25 Matt 14:15-21 Matt 15:32 Ps 78:19-20

Luke 9:13¹³But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They replied, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all these people.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 11:24-25 2 Kgs 4:42-43 John 6:5-9 Mark 6:37-38 Matt 14:16-17 Num 11:21-23

Luke 9:14¹⁴(Now about 5,000 men were there.) Then he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:40 Mark 6:39-40 Mark 8:6

Luke 9:15¹⁵So they did as Jesus directed, and the people all sat down.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Luke 9:16¹⁶Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 14:19 1 Tim 4:4-5 Luke 24:30 Matt 15:36 Acts 27:35 John 6:11 John 6:23 Luke 22:19 Ps 121:1-2 Rom 14:6

Luke 9:17¹⁷They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up—twelve baskets of broken pieces.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:44 John 6:11-13 Mark 6:42-44 Mark 8:19-20 Mark 8:8-9 Matt 14:20-21 Matt 15:37-38 Matt 16:9-10 Phil 4:18-19 Prov 13:25

Luke 9:18¹⁸Once when Jesus was praying by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:13-16 Luke 11:1 Mark 8:27-30 Matt 26:36 Luke 22:39-41

Luke 9:19¹⁹They answered, “John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 1:21 Luke 9:7-8 Mal 4:5 Mark 6:15 Matt 14:2 John 1:25 John 7:40 John 9:17

Luke 9:20²⁰Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:15-17 John 1:49 John 20:31 John 4:29 John 4:42 John 6:68-69 John 7:41 Acts 17:3 Acts 9:22 John 1:41

Luke 9:21²¹But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:20 Matt 17:9 Mark 8:30-31

Luke 9:22²²saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 53:1-12 Luke 24:7 Luke 18:31-34 Luke 9:44 1 Pet 1:11 Acts 4:25-28 Mark 10:33-34 Mark 9:31 1 Cor 15:4 Acts 13:27-29

Luke 9:23²³Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:38-39 Luke 14:26-27 Rom 8:13 John 12:25-26 Mark 8:34-38 Col 3:5 Titus 2:12 2 Tim 3:12 Matt 16:22-25 1 Cor 15:30-31

Luke 9:24²⁴For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 17:33 John 12:25 Acts 20:23-24 Rev 2:10 Rev 12:11 Heb 11:35

Luke 9:25²⁵For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 8:36 Matt 16:26 Luke 12:19-21 Ps 49:6-8 Luke 4:5-7 2 Pet 2:15-17 1 Cor 9:27 Acts 1:25 Mark 9:43-48 Matt 13:50

Luke 9:26²⁶For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:32-33 2 Tim 2:12 Luke 12:8-9 Rom 1:16 Matt 16:27 Mark 8:38 Rev 21:8 Matt 25:31 John 12:43 Matt 7:22-23

Luke 9:27²⁷But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:28 Mark 9:1 John 21:22-23 Luke 2:26 Heb 2:9 John 8:51-52 Luke 22:18 Mark 14:25 John 16:7 John 8:59

Luke 9:28²⁸Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 6:12 Mark 14:33-36 Mark 9:2-13 Matt 17:1-13 Matt 26:37-39 Ps 109:4 Heb 5:7 Luke 8:51 Luke 9:18 Mark 1:35

Luke 9:29²⁹As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:2-3 Matt 17:2 2 Pet 1:16-18 Exod 34:29-35 Isa 33:17 Isa 53:2 Phil 3:7-8 Rev 20:11 Acts 6:15 John 1:14

Luke 9:30³⁰Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 3:7-11 Heb 3:3-6 John 1:17 Luke 1:17 Luke 24:27 Luke 24:44 Luke 9:19 Mark 9:4-6 Matt 17:3-4 Rom 3:21-23

Luke 9:31³¹They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure that he was about to carry out at Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 3:21 1 Pet 1:11-12 1 Pet 5:10 2 Pet 1:15 Col 3:4 John 1:29 Luke 13:32-34 Luke 9:22 Rev 5:6-12 Rev 7:14

Luke 9:32³²Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, but as they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 8:18 John 1:14 Dan 10:9 Matt 26:40-43 Exod 33:18-23 Isa 60:1-3 Isa 60:19 John 17:24 Luke 22:45-46 2 Pet 1:16

Luke 9:33³³Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he was saying.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:5-6 Mark 10:38 2 Cor 4:6 John 14:8 Luke 5:5 Ps 27:4 Ps 4:6-7 Ps 63:2-5 Ps 73:28 Matt 17:14

Luke 9:34³⁴As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 40:34-38 Matt 17:5-7 Exod 14:19-20 Isa 19:1 Judg 13:22 Judg 6:22 Mark 9:7-8 Ps 18:9-11 Rev 1:17 Dan 10:8

Luke 9:35³⁵Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 3:22 Acts 3:22-23 Matt 3:17 Deut 18:18-19 Heb 3:15 Heb 5:9 Isa 42:1 John 3:35-36 John 5:22-24 Heb 3:7-8

Luke 9:36³⁶After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 17:9 Mark 9:9-10 Eccl 3:7 Mark 9:6

Luke 9:37³⁷Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 17:14-20 Mark 9:14-29

Luke 9:38³⁸Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son—he is my only child!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 4:47 Zech 12:10 Luke 7:12 Luke 8:41-42 Matt 15:22 Gen 44:20

Luke 9:39³⁹A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:20 Luke 4:35 Luke 8:29 Mark 5:4-5 Mark 9:26

Luke 9:40⁴⁰I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:1 Acts 19:13-16 2 Kgs 4:31 Luke 10:17-19 Matt 17:20

Luke 9:41⁴¹Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 32:5 John 14:9 John 20:27 Mark 9:19 Matt 16:4 Matt 17:17 Rom 2:4 2 Kgs 5:8 Acts 2:40 Exod 10:3

Luke 9:42⁴²As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:36 Luke 7:15 Luke 9:39 Mark 9:20 Mark 9:26-27 Rev 12:12 1 Kgs 17:23 Acts 9:41 Mark 1:26-27

Luke 9:43⁴³Then they were all astonished at the mighty power of God. But while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:43-45 Luke 5:26 Acts 3:10-13 Luke 8:25 Mark 9:30-32 Matt 17:22 2 Pet 1:16 Luke 4:36 Luke 5:9 Mark 6:51

Luke 9:44⁴⁴“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:23 Luke 9:22 Heb 2:1 Luke 2:19 Mark 9:31 1 Thess 3:3-4 2 Sam 24:14 Acts 4:27-28 Heb 12:2-5 Isa 32:9-10

Luke 9:45⁴⁵But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 18:34 Luke 2:50 John 12:16 Mark 9:32 2 Cor 3:14-16 John 16:17-18 Mark 9:10 John 12:34 John 14:5 Mark 8:16-18

Luke 9:46⁴⁶Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 18:1-5 Mark 9:33-37 Matt 20:20-22 3 John 1:9 Phil 2:3 Gal 5:20-21 Gal 5:25-26 Luke 14:7-11 Luke 22:24-27 Matt 23:6-7

Luke 9:47⁴⁷But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 16:30 Luke 5:22 Ps 139:23 1 Cor 14:20 Heb 4:13 John 2:25 Matt 19:13-15 Matt 9:4 Ps 139:2 Rev 2:23

Luke 9:48⁴⁸and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:6 Luke 14:11 Mark 9:37 John 13:20 Luke 10:16 Luke 22:26 Matt 10:40-42 Matt 23:11-12 1 Pet 5:3-4 1 Thess 4:8

Luke 9:49⁴⁹John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:38-40 Num 11:27-29 Mark 10:13-14

Luke 9:50⁵⁰But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 11:23 Matt 12:30 1 Cor 12:3 Phil 1:15-18 Luke 16:13 Prov 3:5-6 Mark 9:41 Matt 17:26 Josh 9:14 Matt 13:28-30

Luke 9:51⁵¹Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 50:5-9 Luke 18:31 Luke 13:22 Mark 16:19 1 Tim 3:16 Acts 1:2 Acts 1:9 Acts 20:22-24 Acts 21:11-14 Eph 1:20

Luke 9:52⁵²He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:5 2 Kgs 17:24-33 Luke 10:1 John 8:48 Luke 10:33 Luke 17:16 Ezra 4:1-5 Luke 7:27 Mal 3:1

Luke 9:53⁵³but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 4:9 John 4:40-42 Luke 9:48

Luke 9:54⁵⁴Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 1:10-14 Jas 1:19-20 Jas 3:14-18 Acts 4:29-30

Luke 9:55⁵⁵But Jesus turned and rebuked them,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:9 Job 2:10 Job 26:4 Matt 16:23 Rev 3:19 Jer 17:9 Job 31:29-31 Matt 26:51 1 Sam 24:4-7 1 Sam 26:8-11

Luke 9:56⁵⁶and they went on to another village.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:28 John 3:17 Rom 12:21 John 10:10 Luke 19:10 1 Pet 2:21-23 Matt 18:10 1 Tim 1:15 Luke 6:27-31 John 12:47

Luke 9:57⁵⁷As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 8:19-22 John 13:37 Luke 9:57-60 Exod 19:8 Luke 9:51

Luke 9:58⁵⁸Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 8:20 Luke 14:26-33 2 Cor 8:9 Luke 18:22-23 Jas 2:5 John 6:60-66 Ps 84:3

Luke 9:59⁵⁹Jesus said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:24 1 Kgs 19:20 Matt 6:33 Matt 8:21-22 Hag 1:2 Matt 4:19-22 Matt 9:9

Luke 9:60⁶⁰But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:3-4 1 Tim 5:6 John 21:15-17 2 Tim 4:2 2 Tim 4:5 Luke 15:32 Rev 3:1 1 Cor 9:16 2 Cor 5:16-18 Eph 2:1

Luke 9:61⁶¹Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 14:26 1 Kgs 19:20 Luke 14:18-20 Matt 10:37-38 Deut 33:9 Eccl 9:10

Luke 9:62⁶²Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 3:13 Heb 10:38 2 Pet 2:20-22 Luke 17:31-32 Jas 1:6-8 Ps 78:8-9 2 Tim 4:10 Acts 15:37-38

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