Mark 9

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

²And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John , and led them up a high mountain by themselves . And he was transfigured before them ,

³and his clothes became radiant , intensely white , as no one on earth could bleach them.

⁴And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses , and they were talking with Jesus .

⁵And Peter said to Jesus , Rabbi , it is good that we are here . Let us make three tents , one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah .

⁶For he did not know what to say , for they were terrified .

⁷And a cloud overshadowed them , and a voice came out of the cloud , This is my beloved Son ; listen to him .

⁸And suddenly , looking around , they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only .

⁹And as they were coming down the mountain , he charged them to tell no one what they had seen , until the Son of Man had risen from the dead .

¹⁰So they kept the matter to themselves , questioning what this rising from the dead might mean .

¹¹And they asked him , Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come ?

¹²And he said to them , Elijah does come first to restore all things . And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt ?

¹³But I tell you that Elijah has come , and they did to him whatever they pleased , as it is written of him .

¹⁴And 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 , were 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 a 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 they were not able .

¹⁹And he answered them , O faithless generation , how 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 convulsed 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 if you can do anything , have compassion on us and help us .

²³And Jesus said to him , If you can ! All things are possible for one who believes .

²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out and said , I believe ; help my unbelief !

²⁵And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together , he rebuked the unclean spirit , saying to it , You mute and deaf spirit , I command you , come out of him and never enter him again .

²⁶And after crying out and convulsing him terribly , it came out , and the boy was like a corpse , so that most of them said , He is dead .

²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up , and he arose .

²⁸And when he had entered 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 .

³⁰They 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 , after three days he will rise .

³²But they did not understand the saying , and were afraid to ask him .

³³And they came to Capernaum . And when he was in the house he asked them , What were you discussing on the way ?

³⁴But they kept silent , for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest .

³⁵And he sat down and called the twelve . And he said to them , 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 taking him in his arms , he said to them ,

³⁷Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me , and whoever receives me , receives not me but him who sent me .

³⁸John said to him , Teacher , we saw someone casting out demons in your name , and we 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 .

⁴⁰For the one who is not against us is for us .

⁴¹For truly , I say to you , whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward .

⁴²Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin , it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea .

⁴³And 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 hell , to the unquenchable fire .

⁴⁵And 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 hell .

⁴⁷And 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 hell ,

⁴⁸where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched .

⁴⁹For everyone will be salted with fire .

⁵⁰Salt is good , but if the salt has lost its saltiness , how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves , and be at peace with one another .