9:37 Now on 24 the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 9:38 Then 25 a man from the crowd cried out, 26 “Teacher, I beg you to look at 27 my son – he is my only child! 9:39 A 28 spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; 29 it throws him into convulsions 30 and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing 31 him severely. 9:40 I 32 begged 33 your disciples to cast it out, but 34 they could not do so.” 35 9:41 Jesus answered, 36 “You 37 unbelieving 38 and perverse generation! How much longer 39 must I be with you and endure 40 you? 41 Bring your son here.” 9:42 As 42 the boy 43 was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground 44 and shook him with convulsions. 45 But Jesus rebuked 46 the unclean 47 spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 9:43 Then 48 they were all astonished at the mighty power 49 of God.
But while the entire crowd 50 was amazed at everything Jesus 51 was doing, he said to his disciples, 9:44 “Take these words to heart, 52 for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” 53 9:45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning 54 had been concealed 55 from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet 56 they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
9:46 Now an argument started among the disciples 57 as to which of them might be 58 the greatest. 9:47 But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, 59 he took a child, had him stand by 60 his side, 9:48 and said to them, “Whoever welcomes 61 this child 62 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.” 63
9:49 John answered, 64 “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop 65 him because he is not a disciple 66 along with us.” 9:50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”
9:51 Now when 67 the days drew near 68 for him to be taken up, 69 Jesus 70 set out resolutely 71 to go to Jerusalem. 72 9:52 He 73 sent messengers on ahead of him. 74 As they went along, 75 they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance 76 for him, 9:53 but the villagers 77 refused to welcome 78 him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. 79 9:54 Now 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 80 them?” 81 9:55 But Jesus 82 turned and rebuked them, 83 9:56 and they went on to another village.
9:57 As 84 they were walking 85 along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 86 9:58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky 87 have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 88 9:59 Jesus 89 said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, 90 “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 9:60 But Jesus 91 said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, 92 but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 93 9:61 Yet 94 another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.” 95 9:62 Jesus 96 said to him, “No one who puts his 97 hand to the plow and looks back 98 is fit for the kingdom of God.” 99