- And he said to them, "I
tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before
they see the kingdom of God come with power."
- After six days Jesus took
Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they
were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
- His clothes became dazzling
white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.
- And there appeared before them
Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
- Peter said to Jesus,
"Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters--one
for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."
- (He did not know what to say,
they were so frightened.)
- Then a cloud appeared and
enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom
I love. Listen to him!"
- Suddenly, when they looked
around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
- As they were coming down the
mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until
the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- They kept the matter to
themselves, discussing what "rising from the dead" meant.
- And they asked him, "Why
do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"
- Jesus replied, "To be
sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it
written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
- But I tell you, Elijah has
come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is
written about him."
- When they came to the other
disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law
arguing with them.
- As soon as all the people saw
Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him.
- "What are you arguing
with them about?" he asked.
- A man in the crowd answered,
"Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has
robbed him of speech.
- Whenever it seizes him, it
throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and
becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they
could not."
- "O unbelieving
generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How
long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me."
- So they brought him. When the
spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to
the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
- Jesus asked the boy's father,
"How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he
answered.
- "It has often thrown him
into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us
and help us."
- "`If you can'?" said
Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."
- Immediately the boy's father
exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"
- When Jesus saw that a crowd
was running to the scene, he rebuked the evil [31]
spirit. "You deaf and mute spirit," he said, "I command you,
come out of him and never enter him again."
- The spirit shrieked, convulsed
him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many
said, "He's dead."
- But Jesus took him by the hand
and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.
- After Jesus had gone indoors,
his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"
- He replied, "This kind
can come out only by prayer. [32]"
- They left that place and
passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were,
- because he was teaching his
disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed
into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will
rise."
- But they did not understand
what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
- They came to Capernaum. When
he was in the house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the
road?"
- But they kept quiet because on
the way they had argued about who was the greatest.
- Sitting down, Jesus called the
Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very
last, and the servant of all."
- He took a little child and had
him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
- "Whoever welcomes one of
these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does
not welcome me but the one who sent me."
- "Teacher," said
John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to
stop, because he was not one of us."
- "Do not stop him,"
Jesus said. "No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next
moment say anything bad about me,
- for whoever is not against us
is for us.
- I tell you the truth, anyone
who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will
certainly not lose his reward.
- "And if anyone causes one
of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to
be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck.
- If your hand causes you to
sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two
hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. [33]
- And if your foot causes you to
sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have
two feet and be thrown into hell. [34]
- And if your eye causes you to
sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one
eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
- where "`their worm does
not die, and the fire is not quenched.' [35]
- Everyone will be salted with
fire.
- "Salt is good, but if it
loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in
yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
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