Mark 9

1 And He was saying to them, “Truly, I say to you that there are some of those standing here who will never taste death until they see the kingdom of God when it has come with power.”

The Transfiguration of Jesus

Matt. 17:1-13; Lk 9:28-36

2 Now after six days, Jesus took along Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.* And He was transfigured before them, 3 and His garments became glistening, extremely white, such that no launderer on earth* is able to whiten them in this way. 4 And Elijah appeared to them alongside Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And in response, Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. And let us make three shelters, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 (For he did not know what he should answer, for they were greatly terrified.)

7 Then a cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is My Son, the beloved One; listen to Him!” 8 And suddenly, looking around, they saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

9 And as they were descending from the mountain, He issued instructions to them that they should tell no one what they had seen, except after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the saying to themselves, reasoning what the rising from the dead could mean.* 11 And they were asking Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12 And He was saying to them, “Elijah indeed does come first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be despised? 13 But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him.”

The Healing of a Boy with a Mute and Deaf Spirit

Matt. 17:14-20; Lk. 9:37-43a

14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw Him, were greatly astonished, and running to Him, they greeted Him. 16 And He asked them, “What matter * are you disputing with them?” 17 And one from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought my son to You, who has a mute spirit. 18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples that they should cast it out, but they could not. 19 And in response, He said to them, “O unbelieving generation, how long * shall I be with you? How long * shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me!” 20 And they brought him to Him. And having seen Him, the spirit immediately seized him with convulsions, and falling on the ground, he began to roll around, foaming at the mouth. 21 And He inquired of his father how long* this had been happening to him. And he said, “From childhood. 22 And often it has thrown him both into fire and into water,* so that it would destroy him. But if You are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”* 23 And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If You are able’? All things are possible to the one who believes.” 24 Immediately, the father of the child cried out and was saying, “I believe; help my unbelief!” 25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, He rebuked the unclean* spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter him no more!” 26 And after crying out and seizing him with violent convulsions, it came out; and he became as if he were dead, so that many said that he was dead. 27 But Jesus held him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stood. 28 And when He came into the house, His disciples began to ask Him in private, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29 And He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer.”

Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection

Matt. 17:22-23; Lk. 9:43b-45

30 And from there, they went out and began to pass through Galilee. And He did not want anyone to know, 31 for He was teaching His disciples and saying to them, “The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And when He has been killed, He will rise after three days.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask Him.*

Who is the Greatest?

Matt. 18:1-5; Lk. 9:46-48

33 And they came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house, He began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way* they had discussed with one another about who was greatest. 35 And having sat down, He called the twelve* and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And after taking a child, He had him stand among them. And embracing him, He said to them, 37 “Whoever accepts one of the children such as these in My name accepts Me, and whoever accepts Me does not accept Me, but the One who sent Me.”

Whoever is Not Against Us is for Us

Lk. 9:49-50

38 John began to say to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name,* and we kept preventing him because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not prevent him, because there is no one who will perform a mighty work in My name and will thereafter quickly be able to speak evil of Me, 40 for whoever is not against us is for us. 41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My * name because you belong to Christ, * truly I say to you that he will never lose his reward.

Temptations to Sin

Matt. 18:6-9; Lk. 17:1-2

42 “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. * 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life limping, than, having two feet, to be cast into hell. * 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge 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, 48 ‘where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’

49 For everyone will be salted with fire. * 50 Salt is good, but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Notes

2 Greek by themselves alone

3 Greek on the earth

10 Greek reasoning what the rising from the dead was

16 The word matter is supplied to the text on a contextual basis for the purpose of clarification

19 Greek until when. Used twice in this verse

21 Greek how long a time

22 Greek waters

22 Greek help us, having been moved with compassion upon us

25 Two ancient Greek manuscripts omit the unclean

32 The Greek words for both understand and afraid are in the imperfect tense

34 Three ancient Greek manuscripts omit on the way

35 One ancient Greek manuscript ends the verse at this point

41 The word My is supplied to the text on a contextual basis for the purpose of clarification

41 Greek because you are of Christ

43 Some ancient manuscripts expand the text to form a verse 44, which reads: where their worm does not die, and the first is not quenched

45 Some ancient manuscripts insert at this point the expression into the unquenchable fire, in order to harmonise the reading with a parallel construction in v. 43

45 Some ancient manuscripts expand the text to form a verse 46, which reads: where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched

49 Some ancient manuscripts insert at this point the expression and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt, as a way of achieving some degree of parallelism with Lev. 2:13

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