Top Verses from Luke 9  

Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." (NIV)

And He said to all, If any person wills to come after Me, let him deny himself [disown himself, forget, lose sight of himself and his own interests, refuse and give up himself] and take up his cross daily and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also]. (AMP)

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (KJV)

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. (NIV)

Now when the time was almost come for Jesus to be received up [to heaven], He steadfastly and determinedly set His face to go to Jerusalem. (AMP)

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, (KJV)

About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. (NIV)

Now about eight days after these teachings, Jesus took with Him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. (AMP)

And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. (KJV)

When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases (NIV)

THEN JESUS called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases (AMP)

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. (KJV)

But the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing. (NIV)

But when the crowds learned of it, [they] followed Him; and He welcomed them and talked to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed restoration to health. (AMP)

And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. (KJV)

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?" (NIV)

Now it occurred that as Jesus was praying privately, the disciples were with Him, and He asked them, Who do men say that I am? (AMP)

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? (KJV)

As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." (NIV)

And it occurred that as they were going along the road, a man said to Him, Lord, I will follow You wherever You go. (AMP)

And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (KJV)

Jesus replied, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." (NIV)

Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God. (AMP)

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. (KJV)

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida (NIV)

Upon their return, the apostles reported to Jesus all that they had done. And He took them [along with Him] and withdrew into privacy near a town called Bethsaida. (AMP)

And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. (KJV)

Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here." (NIV)

Now the day began to decline, and the Twelve came and said to Him, Dismiss the crowds and send them away, so that they may go to the neighboring hamlets and villages and the surrounding country and find lodging and get a supply of provisions, for we are here in an uninhabited (barren, solitary) place. (AMP)

And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. (KJV)