Mark 9:1-29

Yeshua was telling them, “Amen, I tell you, there are some standing here who will never taste death until they see the kingdom of God come with power!” After six days, Yeshua takes with Him Peter and Jacob and John, and brings them up a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them. His clothes became radiant and brilliantly white, whiter than any launderer on earth could bleach them. Then Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Yeshua. Peter responds to Yeshua, “Rabbi, it’s good for us to be here. Let’s make three sukkot—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He didn’t know what to say, for they were terrified.) Then a cloud came, overshadowing them; and out of the cloud came a voice, “This is My Son, whom I love. Listen to Him!” Suddenly when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Yeshua. As they were coming down from the mountain, Yeshua ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose up from the dead. They kept this word to themselves, discussing among themselves what it is to rise up from the dead. And they questioned Him, saying, “Why do the Torah scholars say that Elijah must come first?” Now He told them, “Indeed Elijah comes first; he restores all things. And how is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be treated with contempt? I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.” When they came to the disciples, they saw a big crowd around them and the Torah scholars arguing with them. Suddenly, when the whole crowd saw Yeshua, they were amazed and began running to greet Him. He questioned them, “What are you arguing about with them?” And a man from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. I told Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t!” And answering them, He said, “Oh faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me.” They brought the boy to Yeshua. When the spirit saw Him, immediately it threw the boy into a convulsion. The boy fell to the ground and began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. Yeshua asked the father, “How long has this been happening to him?” “Since he was a child,” the man answered. “It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion and help us!” “‘If You can’?” Yeshua said to him. “All things are possible for one who believes!” Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I believe! Help my unbelief!” When Yeshua saw that a crowd was gathering fast, He rebuked the unclean spirit, telling it, “I command you, deaf and mute spirit, come out of him and do not ever enter him again!” After howling and shaking the boy wildly, it came out. The boy became so much like a corpse that many were saying, “He’s dead!” But Yeshua took him by the hand and lifted him, and the boy stood up. After Yeshua came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him in private, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out except by prayer.”