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Mark, Chapter 9

1 And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”
2 Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter anda Or JacobJames and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; 3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4 Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. 5 Peter *said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make threeb Or sacred tentstabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. 7 Then a cloudc Or occurredformed, overshadowing them, and a voiced Or occurredcame out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son,e Or give constant heedlisten to Him!” 8 All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen,f Lit except whenuntil the Son of Man rose from the dead. 10 Theyg Or kept to themselvesseized uponh Lit the statementthat statement, discussing with one anotheri Lit what was the rising from the deadwhat rising from the dead meant. 11 They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12 And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I say to you that Elijah hasj Lit alsoindeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”
14 When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15 Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him. 16 And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?” 17 And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; 18 andk Or whereverwhenever it seizes him, itl Or tears himslams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth andm Or withers awaystiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.” 19 And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” 20 They broughtn Lit himthe boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. 21 And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” 23 And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” 25 When Jesus saw that a crowd waso Or running togetherrapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, Ip Or I Myself commandcommand you, come out of him and do not enter himq Or from now onagain.” 26 After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. 28 When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?” 29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”
30 From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it. 31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to ber Or betrayeddelivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.” 32 But theys Lit were not knowingdid not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
33 They came to Capernaum; and when Het Lit had comewas in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. 35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first,u Or let him behe shall be last of all and servant of all.” 36 Taking a child, He set himv Lit in their midstbefore them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, 37 “Whoever receivesw Lit one of such childrenone child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”
38 John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is not against us isx Or on our sidefor us. 41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drinky Lit in a name that you are Christ’sbecause of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
42 “Whoever causes one of thesez I.e. humblelittle ones who believe to stumble, itaa Lit is better for him if a millstone turned by a donkey is hungwould be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, heab Lit has been thrownhad been cast into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go intoac Gr Gehennahell, into the unquenchable fire, 44 [ad Vv 44 and 46, which are identical to v 48, are not found in the early msswhere THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.] 45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast intoae Gr Gehennahell, 46 [af See v 44, notewhere THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.] 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast intoag Gr Gehennahell, 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 youah Lit season itmake it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
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