Who Do You Say Jesus Is

Published: June 23, 2013, 10 a.m.

LUKE 9:18-24 8 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, \u201cWho do the crowds say I am?\u201d 19 They replied, \u201cSome say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.\u201d 20 \u201cBut what about you?\u201d he asked. \u201cWho do you say I am?\u201d Peter answered, \u201cThe Christ of God.\u201d 21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 22 And he said, \u201cThe Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.\u201d 23 Then he said to them all: \u201cIf anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.