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1 After
six days, Jesus
took with him
Peter, James, and
John his brother,
and brought them
up into a
high mountain by
themselves.
2 He
was changed
before them. His
face shone like
the sun, and
his garments
became as white
as the light.
3 Behold,
Moses and Elijah
appeared to them
talking with him.
4 Peter
answered and said
to Jesus, “Lord,
it is good
for us to
be here. If
you want, let’s
make three tents
here: one for
you, one for
Moses, and one
for Elijah.”
5 While
he was still
speaking, behold,
a bright cloud
overshadowed them.
Behold, a voice
came out of
the cloud, saying,
“This is my beloved
Son, in whom
I am well
pleased. Listen to
him.”
6 When
the disciples heard
it, they fell
on their faces,
and were very
afraid.
7 Jesus
came and touched
them and said,
“Get up,
and don’t be
afraid.”
8 Lifting
up their eyes,
they saw no
one, except Jesus
alone.
9 As
they were coming
down from the
mountain, Jesus
commanded them,
saying,
“Don’t tell
anyone what you
saw, until the
Son of Man
has risen from
the dead.”
10 His
disciples asked
him, saying, “Then
why do the
scribes say that
Elijah must come
first?”
11 Jesus
answered them,
“Elijah indeed
comes first, and
will restore all
things;
12 but I tell
you that Elijah
has come already,
and they didn’t
recognize him,
but did to
him whatever
they wanted to.
Even so the
Son of Man
will also suffer
by them.”
13 Then
the disciples
understood that he
spoke to them
of John
the Baptizer.
14 When
they came to
the multitude,
a man came to
him, kneeling down
to him and saying,
15 “Lord,
have mercy on
my son, for
he is epileptic
and suffers
grievously; for he
often falls into
the fire, and
often into the
water.
16 So
I brought him
to your disciples,
and they could
not cure him.”
17 Jesus
answered,
“Faithless and perverse
generation! How
long will I
be with you?
How long will
I bear with
you? Bring him
here to
me.”
18 Jesus
rebuked the demon,
and it went
out of him,
and the boy
was cured from
that hour.
19 Then
the disciples came
to Jesus privately,
and said, “Why
weren’t we able
to cast it
out?”
20 He
said to them,
“Because of
your unbelief. For most
certainly I tell
you, if you
have faith as
a grain of
mustard seed,
you will tell
this mountain, ‘Move
from here to
there,’ and it
will move; and
nothing will
be impossible for
you.
21 But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
22 While
they were staying
in Galilee, Jesus
said to them,
“The Son of
Man is about
to be delivered
up into the
hands of men,
23 and they
will kill him,
and the third
day he will
be raised up.”
They were
exceedingly sorry.
24 When
they had come
to Capernaum,
those who
collected the didrachma coins
came to Peter,
and said, “Doesn’t
your teacher pay
the didrachma?”
25 He
said, “Yes.”
When he came
into the house,
Jesus anticipated him,
saying,
“What do you
think, Simon?
From whom do
the kings of
the earth
receive toll or
tribute? From
their children,
or from strangers?”
26 Peter said
to him, “From
strangers.”
Jesus said to
him,
“Therefore the
children are
exempt.
27 But, lest we
cause them to
stumble, go to
the sea, cast
a hook, and take
up the first
fish that comes
up. When you
have opened its
mouth, you will
find a stater coin.
Take that, and
give it to
them for me
and you.”