Verse 18
Luke 9:18
Bible in Basic English
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And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?
Original Language Text
greek
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν προσευχόμενον κατὰ μόνας συνῆσαν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί, καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς λέγων· Τίνα με ⸂οἱ ὄχλοι λέγουσιν⸃ εἶναι;
English Translation
And it happened that while he was praying alone, the disciples came to him, and he asked them, saying: Who do the crowds say that I am?
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Chapter 9 Context
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And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over dis...
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And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God (Elohim), and to make well those who were...
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And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not ta...
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And if you go into a house, let that house be your resting-place till you go away.
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And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your...
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And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free...
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Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some pe...
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And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life...
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And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he h...
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And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them wit...
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But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and he was pleased to see them, and gave them te...
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And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go...
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For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups,...
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And they did so, and made them all be seated.
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And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twel...
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And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a...
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And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old...
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And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God (Elohim).
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But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any man;
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Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests...
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And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up...
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For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life...
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For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?
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For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame b...
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But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now will have no taste of death till they see the...
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And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and w...
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And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.
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And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;
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Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death which was about to take place in Jerusalem.
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Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they...
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And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Yashua (Jesus), Master, it is good for u...
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And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips,...
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And I made a request to your disciples to send it out of him, but they were not able to do it.
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And Yashua (Jesus) said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be w...
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Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.
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Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.
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But when Yashua (Jesus) saw the reasoning of their hearts, he took a small child and put him by his...
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And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever giv...
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But Yashua (Jesus) said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.
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