¹And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not ltaste death muntil they see the kingdom of God after it has come nwith power.”

The Transfiguration

²oAnd after six days Jesus took with him pPeter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was qtransfigured before them, ³and rhis clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one1 on earth could bleach them. ⁴And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵And Peter said to Jesus, s“Rabbi,2 it is good that we are here. Let us make three ttents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁶For uhe did not know what to say, for they were terrified. ⁷And va cloud overshadowed them, and va voice came out of the cloud, w“This is my beloved Son;3 xlisten to him.” ⁸And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

⁹yAnd as they were coming down the mountain, zhe charged them to tell no one what they had seen, auntil the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ¹⁰bSo they kept the matter to themselves, cquestioning what this rising from the dead might mean. ¹¹And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say dthat first Elijah must come?” ¹²And he said to them, “Elijah does come first eto restore all things. And fhow is it written of the Son of Man that he should gsuffer many things and hbe treated with contempt? ¹³But I tell you that Elijah has come, and ithey did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit

¹⁴jAnd when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, kwere greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. ¹⁶And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” ¹⁷And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has la spirit that makes him mute. ¹⁸And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and mthey were not able.” ¹⁹And he answered them, “O nfaithless generation, nhow long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” ²⁰And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it oconvulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²²And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But pif you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” ²³And Jesus said to him, p“‘If you can’! qAll things are possible for one who believes.” ²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out4 and said, “I believe; rhelp my unbelief!” ²⁵And when Jesus saw that sa crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, t“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” ²⁶And after crying out and oconvulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” ²⁷But Jesus utook him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. ²⁸And when he had ventered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁹And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”5

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection

³⁰wThey went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, ³¹for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, xafter three days he will rise.” ³²yBut they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

Who Is the Greatest?

³³And zthey came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house ahe asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” ³⁴But they kept silent, for on the way bthey had argued with one another about who was the greatest. ³⁵And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, c“If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” ³⁶And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and dtaking him in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷e“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and ewhoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us

³⁸fJohn said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone gcasting out demons in your name,6 and hwe tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” ³⁹But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰iFor the one who is not against us is for us. ⁴¹For truly, I say to you, jwhoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

Temptations to Sin

⁴²k“Whoever causes one of lthese little ones who believe in me to sin,7 mit would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. ⁴³nAnd if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to ohell,8 to pthe unquenchable fire.9 ⁴⁵qAnd if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into ohell. ⁴⁷rAnd if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into shell, ⁴⁸‘where ttheir worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ ⁴⁹For everyone will be salted with fire.10 ⁵⁰vSalt is good, wbut if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? xHave salt in yourselves, and ybe at peace with one another.”

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Teaching About Divorce

¹zAnd he left there and went ato the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.

²And Pharisees came up and in order bto test him asked, c“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” ³He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴They said, d“Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” ⁵And Jesus said to them, “Because of your ehardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But ffrom the beginning of creation, ‘God made them gmale and female.’ ⁷h‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,1 ⁸and ithe two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. ⁹jWhat therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹And he said to them, k“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, ¹²and lif she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Let the Children Come to Me

¹³mAnd they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples nrebuked them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, o“Let the children come to me; pdo not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. ¹⁵qTruly, I say to you, whoever does not rreceive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” ¹⁶And she took them in his arms and blessed them, tlaying his hands on them.

The Rich Young Man

¹⁷uAnd as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and vknelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to winherit eternal life?” ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: x‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” ²⁰And he said to him, “Teacher, yall these I have kept from my youth.” ²¹And Jesus, zlooking at him, aloved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, bsell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have ctreasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ²²dDisheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³And Jesus elooked around and said to his disciples, f“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter gthe kingdom of God!” ²⁴And the disciples hwere amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, i“Children, jhow difficult it is2 to enter gthe kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter gthe kingdom of God.” ²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,3 “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷Jesus klooked at them and said, l“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” ²⁸Peter began to say to him, “See, mwe have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, nthere is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ofor the gospel, ³⁰who will not receive a hundredfold pnow in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, qwith persecutions, and in rthe age to come eternal life. ³¹But smany who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

³²tAnd they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and uJesus was walking ahead of them. And vthey were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, ³³saying, “See, wwe are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will xcondemn him to death and ydeliver him over to the Gentiles. ³⁴And they will zmock him and aspit on him, and flog him and kill him. And bafter three days he will rise.”

The Request of James and John

³⁵cAnd James and John, dthe sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us ewhatever we ask of you.” ³⁶And he said to them, f“What do you want me to do for you?” ³⁷And they said to him, “Grant us gto sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, hin your glory.” ³⁸Jesus said to them, i“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able jto drink the cup that I drink, or kto be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, l“The cup that I drink myou will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, nyou will be baptized, ⁴⁰but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, obut it is for those for whom it has been pprepared.” ⁴¹And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. ⁴²qAnd Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles rlord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³But sit shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,4 ⁴⁴and whoever would be first among you must be tslave5 of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man came not to be served but uto serve, and vto give his life as a ransom for wmany.”

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus

⁴⁶xAnd they came to Jericho. And yas he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, za blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. ⁴⁷And when he heard that it was aJesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁸And many brebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁹And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, c“Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” ⁵⁰And throwing off his dcloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. ⁵¹And Jesus said to him, e“What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, f“Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” ⁵²And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; gyour faith has hmade you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

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