Mark 9
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1Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not die before they’ve seen the kingdom of God come with power.”
Jesus’ Appearance Is Transformed
2Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain. While they were up there all alone, his appearance was transformed. 3They watched as his clothes became so white that they were shining, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4Elijah and Moses appeared in front of them and started talking with Jesus.
5Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6Peter didn’t really know what to say, because they were so afraid.
7Then a cloud appeared and covered them. A voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
8Suddenly, when they looked around, they didn’t see anyone with them anymore except for Jesus.
9As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what they’d seen. He told them to wait until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10So they kept the matter to themselves. But they asked each other what “rising from the dead” meant.
11They also asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah has to come first?”
12Jesus replied, “Elijah will come first and put everything back in order. So why is it written that the Son of Man will suffer much and be rejected? 13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they’ve done to him everything they wanted to do, just as it is written about him.”
Jesus Heals a Boy Controlled by an Evil Spirit
14When they got back to the other disciples, they found a large crowd standing around them, and the teachers of the law were arguing with them. 15When all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with wonder and they ran to greet him.
16“What are you arguing about with them?” Jesus asked.
17A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. He’s controlled by an evil spirit that keeps him from speaking. 18Whenever it takes hold of him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and his body becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they couldn’t.”
19“You unbelieving generation!” Jesus responded. “How long am I going to be with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”
20So they brought him. As soon as the spirit saw Jesus, it threw the boy into a fit. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”
“Since he was a child,” he answered. 22“The spirit has often thrown him into the fire or into the water to try to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”
23“ ‘If you can’?” asked Jesus. “Everything is possible for someone who believes!”
24“I do believe!” the boy’s father cried out. “Help me overcome my unbelief!”
25When Jesus saw that a crowd was running over to see what was happening, he ordered the evil spirit to leave the boy. “You spirit that makes him unable to hear and speak,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
26The spirit screamed and shook the boy wildly, then it came out of him. The boy looked so lifeless that many people said, “He’s dead.” 27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.
28After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive out the evil spirit?”
29He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”
Jesus Speaks a Second Time About His Coming Death
30They left that place and went through Galilee. Jesus didn’t want anyone to know where they were, 31because he was instructing his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be handed over to people who will kill him, but after three days he will rise from the dead.” 32But they didn’t understand what he meant, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
Who Is the Greatest?
33They came to Capernaum, and when they were in the house together, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” 34Nobody said anything because they’d been arguing on the way about which one of them was the greatest.
35Jesus sat down and called for the 12 disciples to come to him. “Anyone who wants to be the first must be the very last,” he told them. “They have to be a servant to everyone else.”
36Jesus brought a little child into the middle of the group. Holding the child in his arms, he said to them, 37“Anyone who welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.”
Anyone Who Is Not Against Us Is for Us
38“Teacher,” John said, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we told him to stop because he wasn’t one of us.”
39“Don’t stop him,” Jesus said. “No one who does a miracle in my name can say anything bad about me right afterwards. 40Anyone who isn’t against us is for us. 41Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly receive a reward.
Leading People to Sin
42“If anyone leads one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. 43-44If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go with two hands into hell, where the fire never goes out. 45-46If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It would be better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet. 47If your eye causes you to sin, pull it out. It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye than to be thrown with two eyes into hell, 48where,
“ ‘The worms that eat them never die,
and the fire is never put out.’
49“Everyone will be salted with fire.
50“Unrefined salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves to preserve your peace with each other.”
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Mark 9
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Mk 13.30; Mt 10.23; Lk 22.18. And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
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Mt 17.1-8; Lk 9.28-36. #Mk 5.37; 13.3. And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, 3#Mt 28.3. and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. 4And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. 5And Peter said to Jesus, “Master,#9.5 Or Rabbi it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid. 7#2 Pet 1.17-18; Mt 3.17; Jn 12.28-29. And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son;#9.7 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved listen to him.” 8And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only.
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Mt 17.9-13; Lk 9.36. #Mk 8.30; 5.43; 7.36. And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead. 10So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant. 11#Mt 11.14. And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?” 12#Mk 8.31; 9.31; 10.33. And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
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Mt 17.14-18; Lk 9.37-43. And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd about them, and scribes arguing with them. 15And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and ran up to him and greeted him. 16And he asked them, “What are you discussing with them?” 17And one of the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; 18and wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” 19And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” 20And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21And Jesus#9.21 Greek he asked his father, “How long has he had this?” And he said, “From childhood. 22And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.” 23#Mt 17.20; Lk 17.6; Mk 11.22-24. And Jesus said to him, “If you can! All things are possible to him who believes.” 24Immediately the father of the child cried out#9.24 Other ancient authorities add with tears and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” 25And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again.” 26And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, “He is dead.” 27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”#9.29 Other ancient authorities add and fasting
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Mt 17.22-23; Lk 9.43-45. They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; 31#Mk 8.31; 10.33. for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32#Jn 12.16. But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.
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Mt 18.1-5; Lk 9.46-48. And they came to Caperna-um; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34#Lk 22.24. But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest. 35#Mk 10.43-44; Mt 20.26-27; 23.11; Lk 22.26. And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 36#Mk 10.16. And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37#Mt 10.40; Lk 10.16; Jn 12.44; 13.20. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
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Lk 9.49-50; 11.23; Mt 12.30; Num 11.27-29. John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name,#9.38 Other ancient authorities add who does not follow us and we forbade him, because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me. 40For he that is not against us is for us. 41#Mt 10.42. For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.
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Mt 18.6-9; 5.29-30; Lk 17.1-2. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,#9.42 Greek stumble it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43And if your hand causes you to sin,#9.43 Greek stumble cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell,#9.43 Greek Gehenna to the unquenchable fire. 44#9.44 Verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48) are omitted by the best ancient authorities 45And if your foot causes you to sin,#9.45 Greek stumble cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.#9.45 Greek Gehenna 46#9.46 Verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48) are omitted by the best ancient authorities 47And if your eye causes you to sin,#9.47 Greek stumble pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,#9.47 Greek Gehenna 48#Is 66.24. where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 49#Mt 5.13; Lk 14.34-35. For every one will be salted with fire.#9.49 Other ancient authorities add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt 50#Col 4.6; 1 Thess 5.13. Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
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