23 ^aAnd he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and ^btake up his cross ^cdaily and ^dfollow me. 24 ^eFor whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he ^fgains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? 26 For whoever is ^gashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he ^hcomes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you truly, there are ⁱsome standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

28 ^jNow about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, ^kthe appearance of his ^lface was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. 30 ^mAnd behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his ⁿdeparture,¹ which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his ^oglory and the two men who stood with him. 33 And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three ^ptents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. 34 As he was saying these things, a ^qcloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ^r“This is my Son, my ^sChosen One;^{2 t}listen to him!” 36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.