Mark 8:34-9:37

New American Standard Bible 1995

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

The Transfiguration

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

^2 (G)Six days later, Jesus *took with Him ^(H)Peter and ^[c]James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; ³ and ^(I)His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. ⁴ Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵ Peter *said to Jesus, “^(J)Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; ^(K)let us make three ^[d]tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ⁶ For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. ⁷ Then a cloud ^[e]formed, overshadowing them, and ^(L)a voice ^[f]came out of the cloud, “^(M)This is My beloved Son, ^[g]listen to Him!” ⁸ All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

^9 (N)As they were coming down from the mountain, He ^(O)gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, ^[h]until the Son of Man rose from the dead. ¹⁰ They ^[i]seized upon ^[j]that statement, discussing with one another ^[k]what rising from the dead meant. ¹¹ They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that ^(P)Elijah must come first?” ¹² And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of ^(Q)the Son of Man that ^(R)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? ¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has ^[l]indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”

All Things Possible

^14 (S)When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵ Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were ^(T)amazed and began running up to greet Him. ¹⁶ And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?” ¹⁷ And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; ¹⁸ and ^[m]whenever it seizes him, it ^[n]slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and ^[o]stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.” ¹⁹ And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” ²⁰ They brought ^[p]the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. ²¹ And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²² It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” ²³ And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ ^(U)All things are possible to him who believes.” ²⁴ Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” ²⁵ When Jesus saw that ^(V)a crowd was ^[q]rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I ^[r]command you, come out of him and do not enter him ^[s]again.” ²⁶ After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!” ²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. ²⁸ When He came ^(W)into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?” ²⁹ And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”

Death and Resurrection Foretold

^30 (X)From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it. ³¹ For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “^(Y)The Son of Man is to be ^[t]delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.” ³² But ^(Z)they ^[u]did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

^33 (AA)They came to Capernaum; and when He ^[v]was in ^(AB)the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?” ³⁴ But they kept silent, for on the way ^(AC)they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. ³⁵ Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “^(AD)If anyone wants to be first, ^[w]he shall be last of all and servant of all.” ³⁶ Taking a child, He set him ^[x]before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, ³⁷ “^(AE)Whoever receives ^[y]one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”