1 Then He said to them,“I assure you:There are some standing here who will not taste deathuntil they see the kingdom of God come in power.”
The Transfiguration
2 Aftersix daysJesus took Peter, James, and Johnand led them up on a high mountainby themselves to be alone. He was transformedin front of them,
3 and His clothesbecame dazzling — extremely whiteas no launderer on earth could whitenthem.
4 Elijahappeared to them with Moses,and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi,it’s goodfor us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles:one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” —
6 because he did not know what he should say,since they were terrified.
7 A cloudappeared, overshadowingthem, and a voicecame from the cloud:
This is My belovedSon;
listen to Him!
8 Then suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus alone.
9 Asthey were coming down from the mountain,He ordered them to tell no one what they had seenuntil the Son of Manhad risenfrom the dead.
10 They kept this wordto themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.
11 Then they began to question Him, “Why do the scribessay that Elijah must come first? ”
12 “Elijah does come first and restoreseverything,”He replied.“How then is it writtenabout the Son of Man that He must suffermany things and be treated with contempt?
13 But I tell you that Elijah really has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is writtenabout him.”
The Power of Faith over a Demon
14 Whenthey came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputingwith them.
15 All of a sudden, when the whole crowd saw Him, they were amazedand ran to greet Him.
16 Then He asked them,“What are you arguing with them about? ”
17 Out of the crowd, one man answered Him, “Teacher,I brought my son to You. He has a spiritthat makes him unable to speak.
18 Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”
19 He replied to them,“You unbelievinggeneration! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to Me.”
20 So they brought him to Him. When the spirit saw Him, it immediately convulsed the boy. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21 “How long has this been happening to him? ”Jesus asked his father.
“From childhood,” he said.
22 “And many times it has thrown him into fire or water to destroyhim. But if You can do anything, have compassionon us and help us.”
23 Then Jesus said to him,“ ‘If You can ’?Everything is possibleto the one who believes.”
24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.”
25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly coming together, He rebukedthe uncleanspirit, saying to it,“You mute and deafspirit,I command you: come out of him and never enter him again! ”
26 Then it came out, shrieking and convulsinghimviolently. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He’s dead.”
27 But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him,and he stood up.
28 After He went into a house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out? ”
29 And He told them,“This kind can come out by nothing but prayerand fasting .”
The Second Prediction of His Death
30 Thenthey left that place and made their way through Galilee, but He did not want anyone to know it.
31 For He was teachingHis disciples and telling them,“The Son of Manis being betrayedinto the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after He is killed, He will risethree days later.”
32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
Who is the Greatest?
33 Thenthey came to Capernaum.When He was in the house,He asked them,“What were you arguing about on the way? ”
34 But they were silent,because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.
35 Sitting down, He called the Twelveand said to them,“If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
36 Then He took a child,had him stand among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,
37 “Whoever welcomesone little child such as this in My namewelcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sentMe.”
In His Name
38 Johnsaid to Him, “Teacher,we saw someonedriving out demonsin Your name,and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”
39 “Don’t stop him,”said Jesus,“because there is no one who will perform a miraclein My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.
40 For whoever is not against us is for us.
41 And whoever gives you a cup of water to drinkbecause of My name,since you belong to the Messiah— I assure you:He will never lose his reward.
Warnings from Jesus
42 “But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me— it would be better for him if a heavy millstonewere hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43 And if your hand causes your downfall, cut it off.It is better for you to enter life maimedthan to have two hands and go to hell — the unquenchable fire,
44 where
Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if your foot causes your downfall,cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lamethan to have two feet and be thrown into hell —the unquenchable fire,
46 where
Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of Godwith one eye than to have two eyes and be throwninto hell,
48 where
Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.
49 For everyone will be salted with fire.
50 Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty?Have saltamong yourselves and be at peacewith one another.”
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