While he was still speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow; and the disciples were afraid as the cloud came over them.

A voice said from the cloud, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen---listen to him!"

"I will announce," says the king, "what the LORD has declared. He said to me: 'You are my son; today I have become your father.

The LORD says, "Here is my servant, whom I strengthen--- the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.

"Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, the one I love, and with whom I am pleased. I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will announce my judgment to the nations.

While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased---listen to him!"

He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!"

He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son,

Come to the Lord, the living stone rejected by people as worthless but chosen by God as valuable.

We were there when he was given honor and glory by God the Father, when the voice came to him from the Supreme Glory, saying, "This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased!"

We ourselves heard this voice coming from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.