Mark 8:27-9:13

New American Standard Bible

Peter’s Confession of Christ

^27 (A)Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of ^(B)Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” ^28 (C)They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” ²⁹ And He continued questioning them: “But who do you say that I am?” ^(D)Peter answered and *said to Him, “You are the ^[a]Christ.” ³⁰ And ^(E)He ^[b]warned them to tell no one about Him.

^31 (F)And He began to teach them that ^(G)the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise from the dead. ³² And He was stating the matter ^(H)plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. ³³ But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, ^(I)Satan; for you are not setting your mind on ^[c]God’s purposes, but on man’s.”

³⁴ And He summoned the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, ^(J)take up his cross, and follow Me. ³⁵ For ^(K)whoever wants to save his ^[d]life will lose it, but whoever loses his ^[e]life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. ³⁶ For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? ³⁷ For what could a person give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸ For ^(L)whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, ^(M)the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He ^(N)comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

The Transfiguration

9 And Jesus was saying to them, “^(O)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 when it has come with power.”

^2 (P)And six days later Jesus *took with Him ^(Q)Peter, ^[f]James, and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was ^[g]transfigured before them; ³ and ^(R)His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. ⁴ And Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵ Peter responded and *said to Jesus, “^(S)Rabbi, it is good that we are here; ^(T)let’s make three ^[h]tabernacles, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ⁶ For he did not know how to reply; for they became terrified. ⁷ Then a cloud ^[i]formed, overshadowing them, and ^(U)a voice ^[j]came out of the cloud: “^(V)This is My beloved Son; ^[k]listen to Him!” ⁸ And suddenly they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

^9 (W)As they were coming down from the mountain, He ^(X)gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, ^[l]until the Son of Man rose from the dead. ¹⁰ They ^[m]seized upon ^[n]that statement, discussing with one another ^[o]what rising from the dead meant. ¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that ^(Y)Elijah must come first?” ¹² And He said to them, “Elijah does come first and he restores all things. And yet how is it written of ^(Z)the Son of Man that ^(AA)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? ¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has ^[p]indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him.”