9:1 And Jesus was saying to them, "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power." |
9:2 Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; |
9:3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. |
9:4 Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. |
9:5 Peter *said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." |
9:6 For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. |
9:7 Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!" |
9:8 All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone. |
9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead. |
9:10 They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant. |
9:11 They asked Him, saying, "{Why is it} that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" |
9:12 And He said to them, "Elijah does first come and restore all things. And {yet} how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? |
9:13 "But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him." |
9:14 When they came {back} to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and {some} scribes arguing with them. |
9:15 Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and {began} running up to greet Him. |
9:16 And He asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" |
9:17 And one of the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; |
9:18 and whenever it seizes him, it slams him {to the ground} and he foams {at the mouth,} and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not {do it.}" |
9:19 And He *answered them and *said, "O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!" |
9:20 They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he {began} rolling around and foaming {at the mouth.} |
9:21 And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him? And he said, "From childhood." |
9:22 "It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!" |
9:23 And Jesus said to him, " `If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes." |
9:24 Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief." |
9:25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again." |
9:26 After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and {the boy} became so much like a corpse that most {of them} said, "He is dead!" |
9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. |
9:28 When He came into {the} house, His disciples {began} questioning Him privately, "Why could we not drive it out?" |
9:29 And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer." |
9:30 From there they went out and {began} to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know {about it.} |
9:31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later." |
9:32 But they did not understand {this} statement, and they were afraid to ask Him. |
9:33 They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He {began} to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?" |
9:34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which {of them was} the greatest. |
9:35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." |
9:36 Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, |
9:37 "Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me." |
9:38 John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us." |
9:39 But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. |
9:40 "For he who is not against us is for us. |
9:41 "For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as {followers} of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward. |
9:42 "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea. |
9:43 "If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, |
9:44 [where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.] |
9:45 "If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell, |
9:46 [where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.] |
9:47 "If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell, |
9:48 where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. |
9:49 "For everyone will be salted with fire. |
9:50 "Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty {again?} Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another." |