9:23 Then ¹¹  he said to them all, ¹²  “If anyone wants to become my follower, ¹³  he must deny ¹⁴  himself, take up his cross daily, ¹⁵  and follow me. 9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, ¹⁶  but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 9:25 For what does it benefit a person ¹⁷  if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? 9:26 For whoever is ashamed ¹⁸  of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person ¹⁹  when he comes in his glory and in the glory ²⁰  of the Father and of the holy angels. 9:27 But I tell you most certainly, ²¹  there are some standing here who will not ²²  experience ²³  death before they see the kingdom of God.” ²⁴ 

9:28 Now ²⁵  about eight days ²⁶  after these sayings, Jesus ²⁷  took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray. 9:29 As ²⁸  he was praying, ²⁹  the appearance of his face was transformed, ³⁰  and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white. ³¹  9:30 Then ³²  two men, Moses and Elijah, ³³  began talking with him. ³⁴  9:31 They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure ³⁵  that he was about to carry out ³⁶  at Jerusalem. ³⁷