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1Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."

1And 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."

2Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain to be alone with him. His appearance was changed in front of them,

2Six 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;

3and his clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them.

3and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

4Then Elijah appeared to them, accompanied by Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

4Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

5Then Peter told Jesus, "Rabbi, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters —one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

5Peter 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."

6(Peter didn't know how to respond, because they were terrified.)

6For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified.

7Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

7Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!"

8Suddenly, as they looked around, they saw no one with them but Jesus alone.

8All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

9On their way down the mountain, Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

9As 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.

10They kept the matter to themselves but argued about what "rising from the dead" meant.

10They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant.

11So they asked him, "Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

11They asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

12He told them, "Elijah is indeed coming first and will restore all things. Why, then, is it written that the Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be treated shamefully?

12And 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?

13But I tell you that Elijah has come, yet people treated him just as they pleased, as it is written about him."

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."

14As they approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some scribes arguing with them.

14When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.

15The whole crowd was very surprised to see Jesus and ran to welcome him.

15Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him.

16He asked the scribes, "What are you arguing about with them?"

16And He asked them, "What are you discussing with them?"

17A man in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that won't let him talk.

17And one of the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute;

18Whenever it brings on a seizure, it throws him to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. So I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they didn't have the power."

18and 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."

19Jesus told them, "You unbelieving generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

19And 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!"

20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell on the ground and kept rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

20They 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.

21Then Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" He said, "Since he was a child.

21And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

22The spirit has often thrown him into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us!"

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!"

23Jesus told him, "'If you are able?' Everything is possible for the person who believes!"

23And Jesus said to him, "'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes."

24With tears flowing, the child's father at once cried out, "I do believe! Help my unbelief!"

24Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief."

25When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You spirit that won't let him talk or hear—I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!"

25When 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."

26The spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy was like a corpse, and many said that he was dead.

26After 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!"

27But Jesus took his hand and helped him up, and he stood up.

27But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up.

28When Jesus came home, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive the spirit out?"

28When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, "Why could we not drive it out?"

29He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting."

29And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer."

30Then they left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to find out about it,

30From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.

31because he was teaching his disciples, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into human hands. They will kill him, but after being dead for three days he will be raised."

31For 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."

32They didn't understand what this statement meant, and they were afraid to ask him.

32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

33Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

33They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

34But they kept silent, because they had argued on the road with one another about who was the greatest.

34But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.

35So he sat down, called the Twelve, and told them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

35Sitting 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."

36Then he took a little child and had him stand among them. He took him in his arms and told them,

36Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

37"Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me."

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."

38John told Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us."

38John 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."

39But Jesus said, "Don't stop him, because no one who works a miracle in my name can slander me soon afterwards.

39But 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.

40Whoever is not against us is for us.

40"For he who is not against us is for us.

41I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to the Messiah will never lose his reward."

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.

42"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

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.

43So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.

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,

44In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

44where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.

45And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

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,

46In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

46where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.

47And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It's better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

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,

48In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

48where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.

49Because everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.

49"For everyone will be salted with fire.

50Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

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."

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