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And He said to them, Truly I say to you, there are some of those standing here who shall by no means
ataste death until they see the
bkingdom of God having come in
cpower.
18.
Being transfigured on the mount
9:2-13
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9:2
1And after six days Jesus
atook with
Him bPeter and James and John, and brought them up alone into a high mountain privately. And He was
2ctransfigured before them,
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And His garments became
asparkling, exceedingly
bwhite, such as no fuller on earth could whiten
them.
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And Elijah with Moses appeared to them, and they were conversing with Jesus.
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And Peter answered and said to Jesus,
aRabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three
btents, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah.
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For he did
anot know what to answer, for they had become extremely frightened.
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And a
acloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a
bvoice came out of the cloud: This is My Son, the
cBeloved.
dHear Him!
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And suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone, but Jesus only with them.
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And as they were
acoming down from the mountain, He ordered them
1not to relate to
banyone the things which they had seen, except when the Son of Man has
crisen from the dead.
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And they kept the word, discussing among themselves what rising from the dead was.
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And they asked Him, saying, Why do the scribes say that
aElijah must come first?
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And He said to them, Elijah does indeed come first and
arestore all things. And how
is it that it is
bwritten of the Son of Man that He should
csuffer many things and be
dcounted as nothing?
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But I tell you that
aElijah has
1indeed come, and they did to him the things that they wished, even as it is written of him.
19.
Casting out a dumb spirit
9:14-29
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And when
1they came to the disciples,
1they saw a great crowd around them, and some
2ascribes disputing with them.
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And aimmediately, when all the crowd saw Him, they were
bamazed, and they ran to
Him and greeted Him.
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And He questioned them, What are you disputing with them?
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1And aone from the crowd answered Him,
bTeacher, I brought to You my son, who has a
cdumb spirit;
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And wherever it seizes him, it
1throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. And I told Your disciples to
acast it out, and they were not able.
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And He answered them and said,
1O unbelieving generation! How long shall I be
awith you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.
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And they brought him to Him. And when it saw Him, the spirit
aimmediately bconvulsed him greatly, and falling on the earth, he rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
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And He questioned his father, How long has this been happening to him? And he said, From childhood.
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And it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if You can
do anything,
1have compassion on us and help us.
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And Jesus said to him,
1You say, If You can. All things are possible to him who
abelieves.
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aImmediately, crying out, the father of the child said, I believe;
bhelp my unbelief!
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And Jesus, seeing that a crowd was running together toward
them, arebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,
bDumb and deaf spirit, I order you,
1come out of him and enter into him no more.
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And after crying out and
aconvulsing him terribly, it came out. And he became as though
he were dead so that many said that he died.
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But Jesus
1atook hold of his hand and raised him, and he stood up.
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And when He entered into the
ahouse, His disciples questioned Him privately, Why were we not able to cast it out?
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9:29
And He said to them, This kind cannot come out by any means except
1prayer.
20.
Unveiling His death and resurrection the second time
9:30-32
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And they went out from there and passed through
aGalilee, and He did not want anyone to know about
it.
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For He was
ateaching His disciples, and He said to them, The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will
bkill Him; and when He has been killed, after three days He will rise.
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But they did not
aunderstand this saying and were afraid to question Him.
21.
Teaching concerning humility
9:33-37
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And they came to
aCapernaum. And when He was in the house, He
bquestioned them, What were you reasoning about on the way?
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And they were silent, for they had argued with one another on the way about who
was agreater.
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And He sat down and called the twelve and said to them, If anyone wants to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.
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And He took a
alittle child and set him in their midst; and
1taking him into His arms, He said to them,
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Whoever areceives one of such little children
1because of My name,
2receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.
22.
Teaching concerning tolerance for unity
9:38-50
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aJohn said to Him, Teacher, we saw someone
bcasting out demons in Your
cname, and we
1forbade him because he does not follow us.
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9:39
But Jesus said, Do
1not forbid him, for there is
ano one who will do a work of power in My name and be able soon to speak evil of Me.
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For 1he who is not against us is for us.
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For whoever gives
1you a
acup of water to drink because
you bear the name that you are
2bChrist's, truly I say to you that he shall by no means lose his
3reward.
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And whoever stumbles one of
1these alittle ones who believe into Me, it is better for him if a
2great millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
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And if your
1ahand stumbles you,
2cut it off; it is better for you to enter into
3life maimed than to have two hands and go away into
4Gehenna, into
5unquenchable bfire.
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See note 144.
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And if your foot stumbles you, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into
1Gehenna.
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See note 146.
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And if your
aeye stumbles you, cast it out; it is better for you to enter into the
1bkingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,
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Where their
1worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.
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For everyone shall be
1salted with
2fire.
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9:50
1Salt is good, but if the salt becomes
2unsalty, with what will you restore its saltiness? Have salt in yourselves and be at
apeace with one another.
