Luke 9 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Then called hee his twelue disciples together, and gaue them power and authoritie ouer all deuils, and to heale diseases.
1 Y JUNTANDO á sus doce discípulos, les dió virtud y potestad sobre todos los demonios, y que sanasen enfermedades.
2 And hee sent them foorth to preach the kingdome of God, and to cure the sicke.
2 Y los envió á que predicasen el reino de Dios, y que sanasen á los enfermos.
3 And he sayd to them, Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrip, neither bread, nor siluer, neither haue two coates apiece.
3 Y les dice: No toméis nada para el camino, ni báculo, ni alforja, ni pan, ni dinero; ni tengáis dos vestidos cada uno.
4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
4 Y en cualquiera casa en que entrareis, quedad allí, y de allí salid.
5 And howe many so euer will not receiue you, when ye goe out of that citie, shake off the very dust from your feete for a testimonie against them.
5 Y todos los que no os recibieren, saliéndoos de aquella ciudad, aun el polvo sacudid de vuestros pies en testimonio contra ellos.
6 And they went out, and went through euery towne preaching the Gospel, and healing euery where.
6 Y saliendo, rodeaban por todas las aldeas, anunciando el evangelio, y sanando por todas partes.
7 Nowe Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he douted, because that it was sayd of some, that Iohn was risen againe from the dead:
7 Y oyó Herodes el tetrarca todas las cosas que hacía; y estaba en duda, porque decían algunos: Juan ha resucitado de los muertos;
8 And of some, that Elias had appeared: and of some, that one of the olde Prophets was risen againe.
8 Y otros: Elías ha aparecido; y otros: Algún profeta de los antiguos ha resucitado.
9 Then Herod sayd, Iohn haue I beheaded: who then is this of whome I heare such things? and he desired to see him.
9 Y dijo Herodes: A Juan yo degollé: ¿quién pues será éste, de quien yo oigo tales cosas? Y procuraba verle.
10 And when the Apostles returned, they tolde him what great things they had done. Then he tooke them to him, and went aside into a solitarie place, neere to the citie called Bethsaida.
10 Y vueltos los apóstoles, le contaron todas las cosas que habían hecho. Y tomándolos, se retiró aparte á un lugar desierto de la ciudad que se llama Bethsaida.
11 But when the people knewe it, they followed him: and he receiued them, and spake vnto them of the kingdome of God, and healed them that had neede to be healed.
11 Y como lo entendieron las gentes, le siguieron; y él las recibió, y les hablaba del reino de Dios, y sanaba á los que tenían necesidad de cura.
12 And when the day began to weare away, the twelue came, and sayd vnto him, Sende the people away, that they may goe into the townes and villages round about, and lodge, and get meate: for we are here in a desart place.
12 Y el día había comenzado á declinar; y llegándose los doce, le dijeron: Despide á las gentes, para que yendo á las aldeas y heredades de alrededor, procedan á alojarse y hallen viandas; porque aquí estamos en lugar desierto.
13 But he sayd vnto them, Giue ye them to eate. And they sayd, We haue no more but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we should go and buy meate for all this people.
13 Y les dice: Dadles vosotros de comer. Y dijeron ellos: No tenemos más que cinco panes y dos pescados, si no vamos nosotros á comprar viandas para toda esta compañía.
14 For they were about fiue thousand men. Then he sayde to his disciples, Cause them to sit downe by fifties in a company.
14 Y eran como cinco mil hombres. Entonces dijo á sus discípulos: Hacedlos sentar en ranchos, de cincuenta en cincuenta.
15 And they did so, and caused all to sit downe.
15 Y así lo hicieron, haciéndolos sentar á todos.
16 Then he tooke the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen, and blessed them, and brake, and gaue to the disciples, to set before the people.
16 Y tomando los cinco panes y los dos pescados, mirando al cielo los bendijo, y partió, y dió á sus discípulos para que pusiesen delante de las gentes.
17 So they did all eate, and were satisfied: and there was taken vp of that remained to them, twelue baskets full of broken meate.
17 Y comieron todos, y se hartaron; y alzaron lo que les sobró, doce cestos de pedazos.
18 And it came to passe, as hee was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
18 Y aconteció que estando él solo orando, estaban con él los discípulos; y les preguntó diciendo: ¿Quién dicen las gentes que soy?
19 They answered, and sayd, Iohn Baptist: and others say, Elias: and some say, that one of the olde Prophets is risen againe.
19 Y ellos respondieron, y dijeron: Juan el Bautista; y otros, Elías; y otros, que algún profeta de los antiguos ha resucitado.
20 And he sayd vnto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answered, and sayd, That Christ of God.
20 Y les dijo: ¿Y vosotros, quién decís que soy? Entonces respondiendo Simón Pedro, dijo: El Cristo de Dios.
21 And he warned and commanded them, that they should tell that to no man,
21 Mas él, conminándolos, mandó que á nadie dijesen esto;
22 Saying, The Sonne of man must suffer many things and be reproued of the Elders, and of the hie Priests and Scribes, and be slaine, and the third day rise againe.
22 Diciendo: Es necesario que el Hijo del hombre padezca muchas cosas, y sea desechado de los ancianos, y de los príncipes de los sacerdotes, y de los escribas, y que sea muerto, y resucite al tercer día.
23 And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, and take vp his crosse dayly, and follow me.
23 Y decía á todos: Si alguno quiere venir en pos de mí, niéguese á sí mismo, y tome su cruz cada día, y sígame.
24 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it.
24 Porque cualquiera que quisiere salvar su vida, la perderá; y cualquiera que perdiere su vida por causa de mí, éste la salvará.
25 For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?
25 Porque ¿qué aprovecha al hombre, si granjeare todo el mundo, y se pierda él á sí mismo, ó corra peligro de sí?
26 For whosoeuer shall be ashamed of me, and of my wordes, of him shall the Sonne of man be ashamed, when hee shall come in his glorie, and in the glorie of the Father, and of the holy Angels.
26 Porque el que se avergonzare de mí y de mis palabras, de este tal el Hijo del hombre se avergonzará cuando viniere en su gloria, y del Padre, y de los santos ángeles.
27 And I tell you of a suretie, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they haue seene the kingdome of God.
27 Y os digo en verdad, que hay algunos de los que están aquí, que no gustarán la muerte, hasta que vean el reino de Dios.
28 And it came to passe about an eyght dayes after those wordes, that he tooke Peter and Iohn, and Iames, and went vp into a mountaine to pray.
28 Y aconteció como ocho días después de estas palabras, que tomó á Pedro y á Juan y á Jacobo, y subió al monte á orar.
29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was changed, and his garment was white and glistered.
29 Y entre tanto que oraba, la apariencia de su rostro se hizo otra, y su vestido blanco y resplandeciente.
30 And beholde, two men talked with him, which were Moses and Elias:
30 Y he aquí dos varones que hablaban con él, los cuales eran Moisés y Elías;
31 Which appeared in glory, and tolde of his departing, which he shoulde accomplish at Hierusalem.
31 Que aparecieron en majestad, y hablaban de su salida, la cual había de cumplir en Jerusalem.
32 But Peter and they that were with him, were heauie with sleepe, and when they awoke, they saw his glorie, and the two men standing with him.
32 Y Pedro y los que estaban con él, estaban cargados de sueño: y como despertaron, vieron su majestad, y á aquellos dos varones que estaban con él.
33 And it came to passe, as they departed from him, Peter said vnto Iesus, Master, it is good for vs to be here: let vs therefore make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, and wist not what he said.
33 Y aconteció, que apartándose ellos de él, Pedro dice á Jesús: Maestro, bien es que nos quedemos aquí: y hagamos tres pabellones, uno para ti, y uno para Moisés, y uno para Elías; no sabiendo lo que se decía.
34 Whiles he thus spake, there came a cloude and ouershadowed them, and they feared when they were entring into the cloude.
34 Y estando él hablando esto, vino una nube que los cubrió; y tuvieron temor, entrando ellos en la nube.
35 And there came a voyce out of the cloud, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, heare him.
35 Y vino una voz de la nube, que decía: Este es mi Hijo amado; á él oid.
36 And when the voyce was past, Iesus was found alone: and they kept it close, and tolde no man in those dayes any of those things which they had seene.
36 Y pasada aquella voz, Jesús fué hallado solo: y ellos callaron; y por aquellos días no dijeron nada á nadie de lo que habían visto.
37 And it came to passe on the next day, as they came downe from the mountaine, much people met him.
37 Y aconteció al día siguiente, que apartándose ellos del monte, gran compañía les salió al encuentro.
38 And beholde, a man of the companie cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, beholde my sonne: for he is all that I haue.
38 Y he aquí, un hombre de la compañía clamó, diciendo: Maestro, ruégote que veas á mi hijo; que es el único que tengo:
39 And loe, a spirit taketh him, and suddenly he crieth, and he teareth him, that he fometh, and hardly departeth from him, when he hath bruised him.
39 Y he aquí un espíritu le toma, y de repente da voces; y le despedaza y hace echar espuma, y apenas se aparta de él quebrantándole.
40 Nowe I haue besought thy disciples to cast him out, but they could not.
40 Y rogué á tus discípulos que le echasen fuera, y no pudieron.
41 Then Iesus answered, and said, O generation faithlesse, and crooked, howe long now shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring thy sonne hither.
41 Y respondiendo Jesús, dice: ¡Oh generación infiel y perversa! ¿hasta cuándo tengo de estar con vosotros, y os sufriré? Trae tu hijo acá.
42 And whiles he was yet comming, the deuill rent him, and tare him: and Iesus rebuked the vncleane spirite, and healed the childe, and deliuered him to his father.
42 Y como aun se acercaba, el demonio le derribó y despedazó: mas Jesús increpó al espíritu inmundo, y sanó al muchacho, y se lo volvió á su padre.
43 And they were all amased at the mightie power of God: and while they all wondered at al things, which Iesus did, he said vnto his disciples,
43 Y todos estaban atónitos de la grandeza de Dios. Y maravillándose todos de todas las cosas que hacía, dijo á sus discípulos:
44 Marke these wordes diligently: for it shall come to passe, that the Sonne of man shalbe deliuered into the handes of men.
44 Poned vosotros en vuestros oídos estas palabras; porque ha de acontecer que el Hijo del hombre será entregado en manos de hombres.
45 But they vnderstood not that word: for it was hid from them, so that they could not perceiue it: and they feared to aske him of that worde.
45 Mas ellos no entendían esta palabra, y les era encubierta para que no la entendiesen; y temían preguntarle de esta palabra.
46 Then there arose a disputation among them, which of them should be the greatest.
46 Entonces entraron en disputa, cuál de ellos sería el mayor.
47 When Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their heartes, he tooke a litle childe, and set him by him,
47 Mas Jesús, viendo los pensamientos del corazón de ellos, tomó un niño, y púsole junto á sí,
48 And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.
48 Y les dice: Cualquiera que recibiere este niño en mi nombre, á mí recibe; y cualquiera que me recibiere á mí, recibe al que me envió; porque el que fuere el menor entre todos vosotros, éste será el grande.
49 And Iohn answered and saide, Master, we sawe one casting out deuils in thy Name, and we forbad him, because he followeth thee not with vs.
49 Entonces respondiendo Juan, dijo: Maestro, hemos visto á uno que echaba fuera demonios en tu nombre; y se lo prohibimos, porque no sigue con nosotros.
50 Then Iesus saide vnto him, Forbid ye him not: for he that is not against vs, is with vs.
50 Jesús le dijo: No se lo prohibáis; porque el que no es contra nosotros, por nosotros es.
51 And it came to passe, when the dayes were accomplished, that he should be receiued vp, he setled himselfe fully to goe to Hierusalem,
51 Y aconteció que, como se cumplió el tiempo en que había de ser recibido arriba, él afirmó su rostro para ir á Jerusalem.
52 And sent messengers before him: and they went and entred into a towne of the Samaritans, to prepare him lodging.
52 Y envió mensajeros delante de sí, los cuales fueron y entraron en una ciudad de los Samaritanos, para prevenirle.
53 But they woulde not receiue him, because his behauiour was, as though he would go to Hierusalem.
53 Mas no le recibieron, porque era su traza de ir á Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples, Iames and Iohn sawe it, they saide, Lord, wilt thou that we commaund, that fire come downe from heauen, and consume them, euen as Elias did?
54 Y viendo [esto] sus discípulos Jacobo y Juan, dijeron: Señor, ¿quieres que mandemos que descienda fuego del cielo, y los consuma, como hizo Elías?
55 But Iesus turned about, and rebuked them, and said, Ye knowe not of what spirit ye are.
55 Entonces volviéndose él, los reprendió, diciendo: Vosotros no sabéis de qué espíritu sois;
56 For the Sonne of man is not come to destroy mens liues, but to saue them. Then they went to another towne.
56 Porque el Hijo del hombre no ha venido para perder las almas de los hombres, sino para salvarlas. Y se fueron á otra aldea.
57 And it came to passe that as they went in the way, a certaine man said vnto him, I will follow thee, Lord, whithersoeuer thou goest.
57 Y aconteció que yendo ellos, uno le dijo en el camino: Señor, te seguiré donde quiera que fueres.
58 And Iesus saide vnto him, The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the heauen nestes, but the Sonne of man hath not whereon to lay his head.
58 Y le dijo Jesús: Las zorras tienen cuevas, y las aves de los cielos nidos; mas el Hijo del hombre no tiene donde recline la cabeza.
59 But he said vnto another, Followe me. And the same said, Lord, suffer me first to goe and burie my father.
59 Y dijo á otro: Sígueme. Y él dijo: Señor, déjame que primero vaya y entierre á mi padre.
60 And Iesus said vnto him, Let the dead burie their dead: but go thou, and preache the kingdome of God.
60 Y Jesús le dijo: Deja los muertos que entierren á sus muertos; y tú, ve, y anuncia el reino de Dios.
61 Then another saide, I will follow thee, Lord: but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at mine house.
61 Entonces también dijo otro: Te seguiré, Señor; mas déjame que me despida primero de los que están en mi casa.
62 And Iesus saide vnto him, No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh backe, is apt to the kingdome of God.
62 Y Jesús le dijo: Ninguno que poniendo su mano al arado mira atrás, es apto para el reino de Dios.
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- 1 John 14:12; Luke 10:19; Matthew 16:19; Acts 4:30; Mark 16:17–18
- 2 Matthew 10:7–8; Luke 10:9; Matthew 3:2; Luke 9:11; Matthew 13:19
- 3 Luke 22:35; Psalm 37:3; Luke 10:4–12; Matthew 10:9–14; Mark 6:8–11
- 4 Matthew 10:11; Mark 6:10; Luke 10:5–8; Acts 16:15
- 5 Acts 18:6; Matthew 10:14–15; Acts 13:51; Mark 6:11; Luke 10:16
- 6 Mark 6:12–13; Mark 16:20; Acts 4:30; Acts 5:15; Luke 9:1–2
- 7 Mark 6:14–28; Matthew 14:1–12; Luke 9:19; Job 18:11–12; Psalm 73:19
- 8 John 1:21; Luke 9:19; Matthew 17:10; Mark 8:28; Mark 6:15
- 9 Luke 23:8; Luke 13:31–32
- 10 Matthew 11:21; Hebrews 13:17; Matthew 14:13–21; Mark 2:7; John 1:44
- 11 Luke 5:31; Matthew 21:43; Mark 6:33–34; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 8:1
- 12 Mark 6:35–44; John 6:5–15; Matthew 15:23; Hosea 13:5; John 6:1
- 13 Proverbs 11:24–25; 2 Kings 4:42–43; John 6:5–9; Mark 6:37–38; Matthew 14:16–17
- 14 1 Corinthians 14:40; Mark 8:6; Mark 6:39–40
- 16 Matthew 14:19; Luke 24:30; Matthew 15:36; 1 Timothy 4:4–5; Psalm 121:1–2
- 17 2 Kings 4:44; Matthew 16:9–10; Philippians 4:18–19; Matthew 14:20–21; Mark 8:19–20
- 18 Matthew 16:13–16; Mark 8:27–30; Luke 11:1; Matthew 26:36; Luke 22:39–41
- 19 John 1:21; Malachi 4:5; Matthew 14:2; Luke 9:7–8; Mark 6:15
- 20 Matthew 16:15–17; John 6:68–69; John 7:41; John 4:42; John 20:31
- 21 Matthew 16:20; Matthew 17:9; Mark 8:30–31
- 22 Isaiah 53:1–12; Luke 24:7; Luke 18:31–34; Luke 9:44; 1 Peter 1:11
- 23 Matthew 10:38–39; Luke 14:26–27; Romans 8:13; John 12:25–26; Mark 8:34–38
- 24 Luke 17:33; John 12:25; Acts 20:23–24; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 12:11
- 25 Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:36; Psalm 49:6–8; Luke 12:19–21; Luke 4:5–7
- 26 Matthew 10:32–33; 2 Timothy 2:12; Luke 12:8–9; Romans 1:16; Mark 8:38
- 27 Matthew 16:28; Mark 9:1; John 21:22–23; Luke 2:26; Mark 14:25
- 28 Matthew 26:37–39; Matthew 17:1–13; Luke 6:12; Psalm 109:4; Mark 14:33–36
- 29 Mark 9:2–3; Matthew 17:2; Exodus 34:29–35; 2 Peter 1:16–18; Isaiah 33:17
- 30 Hebrews 3:3–6; John 1:17; 2 Corinthians 3:7–11; Luke 1:17; Matthew 17:3–4
- 31 Philippians 3:21; 2 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Peter 1:11–12; John 1:29
- 32 John 1:14; Daniel 8:18; Matthew 26:40–43; Daniel 10:9; John 17:24
- 33 Mark 9:5–6; Mark 10:38; Psalm 4:6–7; John 14:8; Psalm 73:28
- 34 Matthew 17:5–7; Exodus 40:34–38; Judges 13:22; Mark 9:7–8; Psalm 18:9–11
- 35 Luke 3:22; Matthew 3:17; Acts 3:22–23; Deuteronomy 18:18–19; Hebrews 5:9
- 36 Matthew 17:9; Mark 9:9–10; Ecclesiastes 3:7; Mark 9:6
- 37 Matthew 17:14–20; Mark 9:14–29
- 38 Zechariah 12:10; John 4:47; Matthew 15:22; Luke 7:12; Luke 8:41–42
- 39 Mark 9:20; Mark 9:26; Luke 4:35; Luke 8:29; Mark 5:4–5
- 40 Luke 9:1; Acts 19:13–16; 2 Kings 4:31; Luke 10:17–19; Matthew 17:20
- 41 Deuteronomy 32:5; John 20:27; John 14:9; Mark 9:19; Matthew 17:17
- 42 Mark 9:26–27; Mark 9:20; 2 Kings 4:36; Luke 7:15; Revelation 12:12
- 43 Luke 9:43–45; Luke 5:26; Luke 8:25; Acts 3:10–13; Matthew 17:22
- 44 Luke 9:22; Acts 2:23; Luke 2:19; Hebrews 2:1; Mark 9:31
- 45 Luke 18:34; Luke 2:50; Mark 9:32; John 12:16; John 16:17–18
- 46 Matthew 18:1–5; Matthew 20:20–22; Mark 9:33–37; 3 John 9; Philippians 2:3
- 47 Luke 5:22; John 16:30; Psalm 139:23; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Psalm 139:2
- 48 1 Peter 5:6; Luke 14:11; Mark 9:37; John 13:20; Luke 22:26
- 49 Mark 9:38–40; Numbers 11:27–29; Mark 10:13–14
- 50 Luke 11:23; Matthew 12:30; Philippians 1:15–18; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Luke 16:13
- 51 Luke 18:31; Luke 13:22; Isaiah 50:5–9; Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9
- 52 Matthew 10:5; Luke 10:1; 2 Kings 17:24–33; Luke 17:16; Luke 10:33
- 53 John 4:9; John 4:40–42; Luke 9:48
- 54 2 Kings 1:10–14; James 1:19–20; James 3:14–18; Acts 4:29–30
- 55 1 Peter 3:9; Job 2:10; Revelation 3:19; Job 26:4; Matthew 16:23
- 56 Matthew 20:28; Romans 12:21; John 3:17; Luke 19:10; John 10:10
- 57 Matthew 8:19–22; John 13:37; Luke 9:57–60; Exodus 19:8; Luke 9:51
- 58 Matthew 8:20; Luke 14:26–33; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Luke 18:22–23; Psalm 84:3
- 59 Matthew 16:24; 1 Kings 19:20; Matthew 8:21–22; Matthew 6:33; Haggai 1:2
- 60 2 Timothy 2:3–4; 1 Timothy 5:6; John 21:15–17; Luke 15:32; Revelation 3:1
- 61 Luke 14:26; 1 Kings 19:20; Luke 14:18–20; Matthew 10:37–38; Deuteronomy 33:9
- 62 Philippians 3:13; Hebrews 10:38; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Luke 17:31–32; James 1:6–8
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Give ye ear to that which the Lord hath given me to speak on the lesson of the Gospel. For we have read, that the Lord Jesus acted differently, when one man offered himself to follow Him, and was disallowed; another did not dare this, and was aroused; a third put off, and was blamed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… head;"-- the animal, when He said to him that declared, "I will follow Thee, but suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house," "No man, putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of heaven" (for this man they declare to be of the intermediate class, even as they do …
But after that, from reading and inquiry, he had derived strength, and feared lest he should be denied by Christ before the holy angels if he now was afraid to confess Him before men, and appeared to himself guilty of a great fault in being ashamed of the sacraments of the humility of Thy word, and not being ashamed of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For that even after his death he had the terror of him in full strength, hear what He saith, "This is John, whom I slew." Now the expression, "I slew," is that of one not exulting, but soothing his own terror, and persuading his troubled soul to call to mind, that he himself slew him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… on Mount Sinai: Moses was in a clift of the rock, and Elias was once in a clift of the rock: they being present with Him at His Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, spoke to the Disciples of His decease which fire should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)