1And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they have seen the kingdom of God come with power."
2Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John with him, and led them up a high mountain by themselves, away from everyone. There he was transfigured in front of them.
3His clothes became shining, whiter than white, like snow. No one on earth who washes cloth could make them so white.
5Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias."
6He did not know what to say, for they were very much afraid.
7Then a cloud came and covered them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
8Suddenly, when they looked around, they saw no one any more, only Jesus with them.
9As they came down from the mountain, he ordered 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, asking one another what rising from the dead could mean.
11And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elias must come first?"
12He answered them, "Elias does come first, and puts all things back in order. And why is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer many things and be treated as nothing?"
13"But I tell you that Elias has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."
14When he came to his disciples, he saw a great crowd around them, and the scribes arguing with them.
15At once, when all the people saw him, they were greatly amazed, and they ran to him and greeted him.
16He asked the scribes, "What are you arguing about with them?"
17One of the crowd answered, "Master, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak."
18"Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and grows stiff. I asked your disciples to drive it out, and they could not."
19He answered them, "You people without faith, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me."
20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, at once it threw the boy into convulsions. He fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
21Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" He said, "Since he was a child."
22"Many times it has thrown him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."
23Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to the one who believes."
24At once the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief."
25When Jesus saw that the people were running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. He said to it, "You spirit that makes people unable to speak or hear, I command you: come out of him, and never enter him again."
26The spirit cried out, threw him into violent convulsions, and came out of him. The boy lay like a dead person, so that many said, "He is dead."
27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stood up.
28When Jesus had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not drive it out?"
29He said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything except prayer and fasting."
31because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, "The Son of man is being handed over into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And after he is killed, he will rise on the third day."
32But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him.
33And he came to Capernaum. When he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing about among yourselves on the road?"
34But they said nothing, because on the road they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.
35He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all, and the servant of all."
36Then he took a child and stood him in the middle of them. He took the child in his arms and said to them,
37"Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me only, but the one who sent me."
38John said to him, "Master, we saw someone driving out devils in your name, and he does not follow us. So we told him to stop, because he does not follow us."
39But Jesus said, "Do not stop him. No one who does a miracle in my name can soon after speak evil of me."
40For whoever is not against us is on our side.
41Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, I tell you the truth, he will not lose his reward.
42And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall into sin, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the fire that is never put out,
44where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.
45And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell, into the fire that is never put out,
46where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.
47And if your eye causes you to sin, pull 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 the fire of hell,
48where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.
49For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
50"Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."