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11 They asked Jesus, “Why do the legal experts say that Elijah must come first?”

12 He answered, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. Why was it written that the Human One[a] would suffer many things and be rejected? 13 In fact, I tell you that Elijah has come, but they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it was written about him.”

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  1. Mark 9:12 Or Son of Man

11 And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

12 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man(A) must suffer much(B) and be rejected?(C) 13 But I tell you, Elijah has come,(D) and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”

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