The Holy Bible - The New King James Version - Mark
9
- And He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing
here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with
power."
- Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a
high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.
- His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no
launderer on earth can whiten them.
- And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
- Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be
here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one
for Elijah"--
- Because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid.
- And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud,
saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"
- Suddenly, when they had looked around, they saw no one anymore, but only
Jesus with themselves.
- Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they
should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen
from the dead.
- So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the rising from the
dead meant.
- And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come
first?"
- Then He answered and told them, "Indeed, Elijah is coming first and
restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He
must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
- But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever
they wished, as it is written of him."
- And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them,
and scribes disputing with them.
- Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and
running to Him, greeted Him.
- And He asked the scribes, "What are you discussing with them?"
- Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son,
who has a mute spirit.
- And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth,
gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they
should cast it out, but they could not."
- He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be
with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me."
- Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit
convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.
- So He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he
said, "From childhood.
- And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to
destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."
- Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who
believes."
- Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord,
I believe; help my unbelief!"
- When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the
unclean spirit, saying to it, "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out
of him and enter him no more!"
- Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And
he became as one dead, so that many said, "He is dead."
- But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
- And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately,
"Why could we not cast it out?"
- So He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and
fasting."
- Then they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and He did not
want anyone to know it.
- For He taught His disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is being
betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is
killed, He will rise the third day."
- But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.
- Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them,
"What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?"
- But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves
who would be the greatest.
- And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires
to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
- Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He
had taken him in His arms, He said to them,
- "Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and
whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me."
- Now John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone who does not
follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does
not follow us."
- But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My
name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.
- "For he who is not against us is on our side.
- For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you
belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his
reward.
- "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble,
it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he
were thrown into the sea.
- If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter
into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire
that shall never be quenched--
- Where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'
- And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to
enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the
fire that shall never be quenched--
- Where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'
- And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to
enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast
into hell fire--
- Where 'Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.'
- "For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be
seasoned with salt.
- Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it?
Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another."
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