Mark 9
“And HE
said to them, ‘Truly
I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see
that the kingdom of GOD
has come with power.’
The
Transfiguration
2 After six days JESUS took Peter,
James and John with HIM and led them up a high mountain, where they were
all alone. There HE was transfigured before them.
3 HIS clothes became dazzling
white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.
4 And there appeared before them
Elijah and Moses, who were talking with JESUS.
5 Peter said to JESUS, ‘RABBI, it
is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for YOU, one for
Moses and one for Elijah.’
6 (He did not
know what to say, they were so frightened.)
7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and A VOICE came
from the cloud:
‘THIS IS MY SON, WHOM I LOVE. LISTEN TO HIM!’
8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with
them except JESUS.
9 As they were coming down the mountain, JESUS gave them orders not to tell
anyone what they had seen until THE SON OF MAN had risen from the dead.
10 They kept the matter to
themselves, discussing what ‘rising from the dead’ meant.
11 And they asked HIM, ‘Why do the teachers of the law say that
Elijah must come first?’
12 JESUS replied, ‘To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all
things. Why then is it written that THE SON OF MAN must suffer much and
be rejected?
13 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have
done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.’
JESUS
Heals a Boy Possessed by an Impure Spirit
14 When they came to the other
disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law
arguing with them.
15 As soon as all the people saw JESUS, they were
overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet HIM.
16 ‘What are you arguing with them about?’ HE asked.
17 A man in the crowd answered, ‘TEACHER, I brought YOU my son, who is
possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech.
18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws
him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid.
I asked YOUR disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.’
19 ‘You unbelieving generation,”’ JESUS
replied, ‘how
long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to ME.’
20 So they brought him. When the spirit saw JESUS, it immediately
threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around,
foaming at the mouth.
21 JESUS asked the boy’s father, ‘How long has he been like this?’
‘From childhood,’ he answered.
22 ‘It has often thrown him into fire
or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.’
23 ‘If you can’?’ said JESUS. ‘Everything is possible for one who believes.”’
24 Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, ‘I do believe; help me
overcome my unbelief!’
25 When JESUS
saw that a crowd was running to the scene, HE rebuked the impure
spirit. ‘You
deaf and mute spirit,’ HE
said,
‘I
command you, come out of him and never enter him again.’
26 The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy
looked so much like a corpse that many said, ‘He’s dead.’
27 But JESUS took him by the
hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.
28 After JESUS
had gone indoors, HIS disciples asked HIM privately, ‘Why couldn’t we
drive it out?’
29 HE replied, ‘This kind can come out only by prayer.’
JESUS
Predicts HIS Death a Second Time
30 They left that place and passed
through Galilee. JESUS
did not want anyone to know where they were,
31 because HE was teaching HIS disciples.
HE said to them,
‘THE
SON OF MAN is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill
him, and after three days HE will rise.’
32 But they did
not understand what HE meant and were afraid to ask HIM about it.
33 They came to Capernaum. When HE was in the house, HE
asked them, ‘What
were you arguing about on the road?’
34 But they kept
quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.
35 Sitting down, JESUS called the Twelve and said, ‘Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last,
and the servant of all.’
36 HE took a little child whom HE placed among them. Taking the child
in HIS arms, HE said to them,
37 ‘Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my
name welcomes ME; and whoever welcomes ME does not welcome ME but the one who
sent ME.’
Whoever
Is Not Against Us Is for Us
38 ‘TEACHER,’ said John, ‘we saw someone driving
out demons in YOUR name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.’
39 ‘Do not stop him,’ JESUS
said. ‘For
no one who does a miracle in MY name can in the next moment say anything bad
about ME,
40 for whoever is not against us is for us.
41 Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water
in MY name because you belong to THE MESSIAH will certainly not lose their reward.
Causing
to Stumble
42 ‘If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who
believe in ME—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone
were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It
is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into
hell, where the fire never goes out.
44 where ‘the worms
that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.’
45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it
off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be
thrown into hell.
46 where ‘the worms
that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.’
47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it
out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of GOD with one eye than to have two eyes
and be thrown into hell,
48 where ‘the
worms that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.’
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.’
50 ‘Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it
salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each
other.’”
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