Mark 9
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1Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you, # 9:1 Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 there are some standing here who will not taste death # 9:1 Mk 13:28–32; 14:25; Jn 21:22–23; 2Pt 3:4 until they see the kingdom of God come in power.” # 9:1 Lk 6:19
The Transfiguration
2After # 9:2–8 Mt 17:1–8; Lk 9:28–36 six days # 9:2 Ex 24:15–18; Hs 6:2 Jesus took Peter, James, and John # 9:2 Mt 10:2; Mk 5:37; 13:3; 14:33; Ac 1:13 and led them up a high mountain # 9:2 Mt 4:8; 2Pt 1:18 by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured # 9:2 Rm 12:2; 2Co 3:18 in front of them, 3and his clothes # 9:3 Lk 19:36 became dazzling — extremely white # 9:3 Rv 3:4 as no launderer on earth could whiten # 9:3 Rv 7:14 them. 4Elijah # 9:4 Mk 8:28 appeared to them with Moses, # 9:4 Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 and they were talking with Jesus. 5Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, # 9:5 Jn 11:8 it’s good # 9:5 Gn 1:31 for us to be here. Let’s set up three shelters: # 9:5 Ex 25:9 one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” — 6because he did not know what to say, # 9:6 Mk 14:40 since they were terrified. # 9:6 Heb 12:21
7A cloud # 9:7 Ex 24:15; Mt 26:64 appeared, overshadowing # 9:7 Lk 1:35 them, and a voice # 9:7 Jn 5:37 came from the cloud: # 9:7 2Pt 1:16–18 “This is my beloved # 9:7 Eph 1:6; Phm 1 Son; # 9:7 Lk 20:13; Jn 5:19 listen to him! ” # 9:7 Dt 18:15
8Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
9As # 9:9–13 Mt 17:9–13 they were coming down the mountain, # 9:9 Mt 4:8 he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen # 9:9 Lk 8:56 until the Son of Man # 9:9 Mk 2:10 had risen # 9:9 Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33 from the dead. # 9:9 Jn 20:9 10They kept this word # 9:10 Mk 4:14 to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant.
11Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes # 9:11 Mt 2:4 say that Elijah must come first? ” # 9:11 Mal 4:5
12 “Elijah does come first and restores # 9:12 Mk 8:25 all things,” # 9:12 Lk 1:17 he replied. “Why then is it written # 9:12 Ac 15:15 that the Son of Man must suffer # 9:12 Mk 8:31 many things and be treated with contempt? # 9:12 Lk 23:11 13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written # 9:13 Mk 1:2 about him.”
The Power of Faith over a Demon
14When # 9:14–29 Mt 17:14–20; Lk 9:37–42 they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing # 9:14 Mk 8:11 with them. 15When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran to greet him. 16He asked them, “What are you arguing with them about? ”
17Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, # 9:17 Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 I brought my son to you. He has a spirit # 9:17 Lk 11:24; 1Tm 4:1; 1Jn 4:1 that makes him unable to speak. # 9:17 Mk 7:37 18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”
19He replied to them, “You unbelieving # 9:19 Lk 12:46 generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.” 20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. 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 destroy # 9:22 Jn 6:27 him. But if you can do anything, have compassion # 9:22 Lk 15:20 on us and help us.”
23Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’? # 9:23 Other mss add believe Everything is possible # 9:23 Mt 17:20; Jn 11:40 for the one who believes.” # 9:23 Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8–10
24Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief! ”
25When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked # 9:25 2Tm 4:2 the unclean # 9:25 2Co 6:17 spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf # 9:25 Lk 7:22 spirit, I command you: Come out of him and never enter him again.”
26Then it came out, shrieking and throwing him into terrible convulsions. # 9:26 Mk 1:26 The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He’s dead.” 27But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, # 9:27 Mk 1:31 and he stood up.
28After he had gone into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out? ”
29And he told them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer.” # 9:29 Other mss add and fasting,# 9:29 Ac 12:5; 16:13; Phm 22
The Second Prediction of His Death
30Then # 9:30–32 Mt 17:22–23; Lk 9:43–45 they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but he did not want anyone to know it. # 9:30 Mk 1:44 31For he was teaching # 9:31 Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man # 9:31 Mk 2:10 is going to be betrayed # 9:31 Or handed over into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after he is killed, he will rise # 9:31 Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33; Ac 2:24 three days later.” # 9:31 Mk 8:31; Lk 9:22 32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him. # 9:32 Mk 4:40; Lk 2:50
Who Is the Greatest?
33They # 9:33–50 Mt 18:1–10; Lk 9:46–50 came to Capernaum. # 9:33 Lk 10:15 When he was in the house, # 9:33 Mk 1:29 he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way? ” # 9:33 Mk 8:27 34But they were silent, # 9:34 Mk 3:4 because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest. # 9:34 Lk 22:24–27; Ac 8:9 35Sitting down, he called the Twelve # 9:35 Mk 11:11 and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.” # 9:35 Mt 20:16–27; 23:11; Mk 10:43–44; Lk 22:26 36He took a child, # 9:36 Lk 1:7 had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37“Whoever welcomes # 9:37 Or “Whoever receives one little child such as this in my name # 9:37 Jn 10:25 welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but him who sent # 9:37 Mt 15:24; Mk 12:6; Jn 3:16–17 me.” # 9:37 Mt 10:40
In His Name
38John # 9:38 Jn 21:7 said to him, “Teacher, # 9:38 Mk 4:38 we saw someone # 9:38 Other mss add who didn’t go along with us driving out demons # 9:38 Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20 in your name, # 9:38 Jn 10:25; 14:13 and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.” # 9:38 Nm 11:26–30
39 “Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle # 9:39 Ac 19:11 in my name who can soon afterward speak evil of me. 40For whoever is not against us is for us. # 9:40 Mt 12:30; Lk 11:23 41And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink # 9:41 Mt 10:42; 25:35–42; Rm 12:20 in my name, because you belong to Christ # 9:41 Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 — truly I tell you, # 9:41 Rv 22:21 he will never lose his reward. # 9:41 Mt 10:42; 2Pt 2:13
Warnings from Jesus
42 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away # 9:42 Ex 23:33; Jn 6:35 — it would be better for him if a heavy millstone # 9:42 Jdg 9:53; Mt 24:41; Rv 18:22 were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43 “And if your hand causes you to fall away, cut it off. # 9:43 Mt 5:29–30 It is better for you to enter life maimed # 9:43 Mt 15:30–31 than to have two hands and go to hell, the unquenchable fire. # 9:43 Some mss include v. 44: Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.,# 9:43 Mt 3:12; 5:22; 25:41; 2Th 1:8 45And if your foot causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame # 9:45 Jn 5:3 than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. # 9:45 Some mss include v. 46: Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 47And if your eye causes you to fall away, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God # 9:47 Mk 1:15 with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown # 9:47 3Jn 10 into hell, # 9:47 Jms 3:6 48where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. # 9:48 Is 66:24 49For everyone will be salted with fire. # 9:49 Other mss add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt,# 9:49 Lv 2:13; Ezk 43:24,# 9:49 Lv 2:13; Ezk 43:24 50Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you season it? # 9:50 Mt 5:13; Lk 14:34 Have salt # 9:50 Ex 30:35; 2Kg 2:19–23; Col 4:6 among yourselves, and be at peace # 9:50 Mt 5:9; Rm 12:18; 14:13; 2Co 13:11; 1Th 5:13; Heb 12:14 with one another.”
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Mark 9
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1Then Jesus said, “Listen, some of you people will see a very special thing. God will show you that he is boss over everything, and you will see that he is really powerful. You will see that happen before you die.”
3 men saw Jesus become bright and shiny
2After 6 days, Jesus got Peter, and James, and John, and they went by themselves up to the top of a big hill. While they were there, Jesus started to look different. 3His clothes got really white and shiny. Nobody can wash clothes good enough to make them properly white like that. 4And Peter, James and John saw 2 men that lived a long time ago. They were Elijah and Moses. Elijah was a man that told God’s messages to people, and Moses was a leader of the Israel nation. They were there, and they talked to Jesus.
5-6Peter, James and John were very surprised and frightened, and they didn’t know what to say. But Peter talked anyway. He said to Jesus, “Teacher, it is good that we are here. We can put up 3 special bush shades here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
7Then a cloud covered them all, and God talked to them from the cloud. He said, “This is my son. I love him very much. You have to listen properly to him.”#Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22; 2 Peter 1:17-18 8Then Peter, James and John looked around for those 2 old men, but they couldn’t see them any more. Only Jesus was there with them.
9Then they all started to come down from the hill. And as they walked along, Jesus told them really straight, “Don’t tell anyone what you just saw. You have to wait until after I die. I’m God’s special man, and I will die, and then I will come back alive again. After that, you can talk about what you saw.”
10So Peter, James and John kept quiet about it. They didn’t tell anyone, but they talked to each other about the words Jesus said, “I will die, and then I will come back alive again.” They didn’t know what Jesus meant.
11Then they asked Jesus about the Jewish law teachers. They said, “Those law teachers say that first of all Elijah has to come back, God’s man that lived a long time ago. He has to come back, and after that, God will send his special man.”#Malachi 4:5; Matthew 11:14
12-13Jesus said, “Those law teachers are right. That man did come, and he told them God’s message, just like Elijah did a long time ago. That man got things ready for me, but bad people killed him. And they will do the same to me, God’s special man from heaven. They will turn against me and not listen to me, and they will hurt me a lot. A long time ago God got his men to write about that, and it is in God’s book.”
Jesus forced a bad spirit out of a boy
14They came back down the hill, and they found Jesus’s other followers arguing with the Jewish law teachers. There were lots of people standing around. 15That mob looked up and saw Jesus, and they were surprised, and they all ran to him, and they said hello to him.
16Jesus asked them, “What are you mob all arguing about?”
17One of them said, “Teacher, my son has a bad spirit inside him, and it stops him from talking. 18It pushes the boy down on to the ground, and his body goes stiff, and he rubs his teeth together, and spit comes out of his mouth. I asked your followers, ‘Please force that bad spirit out of him.’ But they can’t do it.”
19Jesus said, “Look, you mob, I’ve been here with you a long time, but still you don’t trust God properly. I can’t stay here and wait for you for ever. All right, bring the boy here to me.”
20The people brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as that bad spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy and pushed him down, so that he wriggled around on the ground, and a lot of spit came out of his mouth.
21Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has your boy been like this?”
The man said, “For a long time, from when he was a little kid. 22Lots of times the bad spirit pushed him into fires and into water. That bad spirit is trying to kill him. Please feel sorry for us, and help him if you can.”
23Jesus said, “You said to me, ‘If you can.’ But you know that God is strong enough to do anything if you trust him to do it, right?”
24The boy’s father yelled out, “I believe God can do it. But please help me believe properly.”
25Jesus looked around, and he saw a big mob of people coming to watch, so he talked strongly to the bad spirit. He said, “Listen, you bad spirit. You stop people from talking and hearing. I’m telling you now, come out of this little boy, and stay out of him. You can never go back into him.”
26Then the bad spirit screamed, and it forced the boy to have another bad fit and fall down on the ground, then it went out of the boy. The boy looked like he was dead, and a lot of people said, “Poor boy, he’s finished.” 27But Jesus grabbed the boy’s hand and helped him stand up. Then the boy’s father took him home.
28After that, Jesus and his followers went into a house, and his followers asked him quietly, “Why couldn’t we force the bad spirit out of that boy?”
29Jesus told them, “The only way you can force that sort of bad spirit out of somebody is to pray to God, and get him to force it out.”
Jesus said, “They will kill me, and after that, I will come alive again”
30-31Later Jesus and his followers left that place and went through Galilee country. He didn’t want everyone to know where he was going, so they went along secretly and quietly, and he was teaching his followers as they walked along. He told them about what was going to happen to him. He said, “I’m God’s special man from heaven, but bad men will grab me, and they will kill me. I will be dead for 2 nights, then on the 3rd day I will come alive again.” 32His followers couldn’t understand what he was talking about. But they felt shame, so they didn’t ask him about it.
Jesus’s followers argued about who was the most important
33-34While they walked along the road, Jesus’s followers argued with each other about which one of them was the most important. Then, after they got to Capernium, they all went into a house, and Jesus asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” His followers didn’t answer him. They felt too much shame.#Luke 22:24
35Then Jesus sat down to teach them, and he called to his 12 special workers to come close to him, and he said, “If any one of you wants to be the leader, you have to think to yourself, ‘I’m not important at all.’ And you have to be a worker for everyone else.”#Matthew 20:26-27; 23:11; Mark 10:43-44; Luke 22:26
36-37There was a young kid in that house, and Jesus picked him up and said, “Look at this little kid. If you follow me, and if you are friendly to little kids like this one, and if you help them, well, really you are friendly to me too. And if you are friendly to me, well, really you are friendly to my father in heaven too. He is the one that sent me here.”#Matthew 10:40; Luke 10:16; John 13:20
A man used Jesus’s power to force bad spirits out of people
38John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw a man forcing bad spirits out of people, and he was using your power by saying your name. But he’s not one of our mob. So we told him to stop.”
39But Jesus said, “No. Don’t stop him. If somebody uses my power by saying my name to do good and powerful things for people, that person can’t soon turn around and say bad things about me. 40You see, if somebody is not trying to stop us, well, that person is really on our side.#Matthew 12:30; Luke 11:23 41And listen, if somebody knows that you are my follower, and so they try to help you, even if they just give you a drink of water, God will be sure to pay that person with something good for that good thing they did.”#Matthew 10:42
The right way to live
42Jesus kept on teaching his followers. He said, “If a little kid trusts me, and if somebody gets that little kid to do something bad, God will properly punish that person. Suppose somebody gets a big stone and ties it to that person’s neck and throws them into the sea and drowns them, that is bad for that person, but it is not as bad as the trouble God will give them for getting that little kid to go wrong.
43-44Look, if there is something that gets you to go wrong, you have to stop yourself. If you want to do something bad with your hand, you have to stop yourself from doing it. It is like you have to cut off your hand. It is better for you to live with God for ever with only one hand, than for God to send you to hell with 2 hands. That fire in hell never goes out.#Matthew 5:30 45-46In the same way, if you want to do something bad with your foot, you have to stop yourself from doing it. It is like you have to cut off your foot. It is better for you to live with God for ever with only one foot, than for God to send you to hell with 2 feet. 47It is the same for your eye. If you want to look with your eye at something, and if it gets you to do something bad, you have to look away. It is like you have to dig your eye out. It is better for you to be in God’s family with only one eye, than for God to send you to hell with 2 eyes.#Matthew 5:29 48Hell is a really bad place and people that go there will have bad pain all the time. It will be like maggots are eating them all the time, and like a fire is burning them all the time. Their pain will never stop.”#Isaiah 66:24
49Jesus also said to them, “God is going to let you have some trouble. He wants to test you to see if you are following him properly. You know how people shake salt on to food to make it good? Well, this trouble will be like God is shaking fire on to you, and it will make you good.
50You know that salt is good. It makes food better. But if that salt loses its salty taste, it is no good any more, and you can’t fix it up. That is a picture of you mob. You have to be like good salt for people. You have to try to make their lives better, and don’t fight with anyone, but live happy and quiet together.”#Matthew 5:13; Luke 14:34-35
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