Inspire Bible for Kids Luke Sampler - Book - Page 36
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LUKE 9:35
he was saying this, a cloud overshadowed them, and terror gripped them
as the cloud covered them.
35 Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One.*
Listen to him.” 36 When the voice finished, Jesus was there alone. They didn’t
tell anyone at that time what they had seen.
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
37 The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met
Jesus. 38 A man in the crowd called out to him, “Teacher, I beg you to look
at my son, my only child. 39 An evil spirit keeps seizing him, making him
scream. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It
batters him and hardly ever leaves him alone. 40 I begged your disciples to
cast out the spirit, but they couldn’t do it.”
41 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with
you and put up with you?” Then he said to the man, “Bring your son here.”
42 As the boy came forward, the demon knocked him to the ground and
threw him into a violent convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the evil* spirit and
healed the boy. Then he gave him back to his father. 43 Awe gripped the
people as they saw this majestic display of God’s power.
Jesus Again Predicts His Death
While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to
his disciples, 44 “Listen to me and remember what I say. The Son of Man is
going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.” 45 But they didn’t know
what he meant. Its significance was hidden from them, so they couldn’t
understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
The Greatest in the Kingdom
46 Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest.
47 But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side.
48 Then he said to them, “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on
my behalf* welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me also welcomes
my Father who sent me. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest.”
Using the Name of Jesus
49 John said to Jesus, “Master, we saw someone using your name to cast out
demons, but we told him to stop because he isn’t in our group.”
50 But Jesus said, “Don’t stop him! Anyone who is not against you is for
you.”
Opposition from Samaritans
51 As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out
for Jerusalem. 52 He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare
for his arrival. 53 But the people of the village did not welcome Jesus because
he was on his way to Jerusalem. 54 When James and John saw this, they said
to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up*?”
55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.* 56 So they went on to another village.
The Cost of Following Jesus
57 As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but
the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”
59 He said to another person, “Come, follow me.”
The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury
my father.”
9:35 Some manuscripts read This is my dearly loved Son. 9:42 Greek unclean. 9:48 Greek in
my name. 9:54 Some manuscripts add as Elijah did. 9:55 Some manuscripts add an expanded
conclusion to verse 55 and an additional sentence in verse 56: And he said, “You don’t realize what
your hearts are like. 56For the Son of Man has not come to destroy people’s lives, but to save them.”
