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1 He
said to them,
“Most certainly
I tell you,
there are some
standing here
who will in
no way taste
death until they
see God’s Kingdom
come with
power.”
2 After
six days Jesus
took with him
Peter, James, and
John, and brought
them up onto
a high mountain
privately by
themselves, and he
was changed into
another form in
front of them.
3 His
clothing became glistening,
exceedingly white,
like snow, such as
no launderer on
earth can whiten
them.
4 Elijah
and Moses appeared
to them, and
they were talking
with Jesus.
5 Peter
answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good
for us to
be here. Let’s
make three tents:
one for you,
one for Moses,
and one for
Elijah.”
6 For
he didn’t know
what to say,
for they were
very afraid.
7 A
cloud came,
overshadowing them,
and a voice
came out of
the cloud, “This
is my beloved Son.
Listen to him.”
8 Suddenly
looking around,
they saw no
one with them
any more, except
Jesus only.
9 As
they were coming
down from the
mountain, he
commanded them
that they should
tell no one
what things they
had seen, until
after the Son
of Man had
risen from the
dead.
10 They
kept this saying
to themselves,
questioning what
the “rising from
the dead” meant.
11 They
asked him, saying,
“Why do the
scribes say that
Elijah must come
first?”
12 He
said to them,
“Elijah indeed
comes first,
and restores all
things. How is
it written about
the Son of
Man, that he
should suffer
many things and
be despised?
13 But I tell
you that Elijah
has come, and
they have also
done to him
whatever they
wanted to, even
as it is
written about
him.”
14 Coming
to the disciples,
he saw a
great multitude
around them, and
scribes questioning
them.
15 Immediately
all the multitude,
when they saw
him, were greatly
amazed, and
running to him,
greeted him.
16 He
asked the scribes,
“What are you
asking them?”
17 One
of the
multitude answered, “Teacher,
I brought to
you my son,
who has a mute
spirit;
18 and
wherever it seizes
him, it throws
him down; and
he foams at
the mouth, grinds
his teeth,
and becomes rigid. I
asked your
disciples to cast
it out, and
they weren’t able.”
19 He
answered him,
“Unbelieving generation, how
long shall I
be with you?
How long shall
I bear with
you? Bring him
to me.”
20 They
brought him to
him, and when
he saw him,
immediately the
spirit convulsed him
and he fell
on the ground,
wallowing and foaming at
the mouth.
21 He
asked his father,
“How long has
it been since
this has been
happening to
him?”
He said, “From
childhood.
22 Often
it has cast
him both into
the fire and
into the water
to destroy him.
But if you
can do anything,
have compassion on
us and help us.”
23 Jesus
said to him,
“If you can
believe, all
things are
possible to him
who believes.”
24 Immediately
the father of
the child cried
out with tears, “I
believe. Help my unbelief!”
25 When
Jesus saw that
a multitude came
running together,
he rebuked
the unclean spirit,
saying to him,
“You mute and
deaf spirit, I
command you,
come out of
him, and never
enter him
again!”
26 After
crying out
and convulsing him
greatly, it came
out of him.
The boy became
like one dead,
so much that
most of them
said, “He is
dead.”
27 But
Jesus took him
by the hand
and raised him
up; and he
arose.
28 When
he had come
into the house,
his disciples
asked him
privately, “Why couldn’t
we cast it
out?”
29 He
said to them,
“This kind can
come out by
nothing but by
prayer and fasting.”
30 They
went out from
there and passed
through Galilee.
He didn’t want
anyone to know
it,
31 for
he was teaching
his disciples, and
said to them,
“The Son of
Man is being
handed over to
the hands of
men, and they
will kill him;
and when he
is killed, on
the third day he
will rise
again.”
32 But
they didn’t understand
the saying, and
were afraid to
ask him.
33 He
came to Capernaum,
and when he
was in the
house he asked
them,
“What were
you arguing among
yourselves on
the way?”
34 But
they were silent,
for they had
disputed with one
another on the
way about who
was the greatest.
35 He
sat down and
called the twelve;
and he said
to them,
“If any man
wants to be
first, he shall
be last of
all, and servant
of all.”
36 He
took a little
child and set
him in the
middle of them.
Taking him in
his arms, he
said to them,
37 “Whoever receives
one such little
child in my
name receives me;
and whoever
receives me, doesn’t
receive me, but
him who sent
me.”
38 John
said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone
who doesn’t follow
us casting out
demons in your
name; and
we forbade him,
because he doesn’t
follow us.”
39 But
Jesus said,
“Don’t forbid
him, for there
is no one
who will do
a mighty work
in my name
and be able
quickly to speak
evil of me.
40 For whoever is
not against us
is on our side.
41 For whoever
will give you
a cup of
water to drink
in my name
because you are
Christ’s, most certainly
I tell you,
he will in
no way lose his
reward.
42 “Whoever will
cause one of
these little
ones who believe
in me to
stumble, it
would be better
for him if
he were thrown
into the sea
with a millstone
hung around his
neck.
43 If your hand
causes you to
stumble, cut
it off. It is
better for you
to enter into
life maimed,
rather than
having your two
hands to go
into Gehenna,
into the unquenchable
fire,
44 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
45 If your foot
causes you to
stumble, cut
it off. It is
better for you
to enter into
life lame,
rather than
having your two
feet to be
cast into Gehenna,
into the fire
that will never
be quenched—
46 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
47 If your eye
causes you to
stumble, throw
it out. It
is better for
you to enter
into God’s
Kingdom with one
eye, rather than
having two eyes
to be cast
into the Gehenna
of fire,
48 ‘where their
worm doesn’t die,
and the fire
is not
quenched.’
49 For everyone
will be salted
with fire, and
every sacrifice will
be seasoned with salt.
50 Salt is good,
but if the salt
has lost its saltiness, with
what will
you season it?
Have salt in
yourselves, and
be at peace
with one
another.”