Mark 9
New American Standard Bible
The Transfiguration
9 And Jesus was saying to them, “(A)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 (B)And six days later Jesus *took with Him (C)Peter, [a]James, and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was [b]transfigured before them; 3 and (D)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, “(E)Rabbi, it is good that we are here; (F)let’s make three [c]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 [d]formed, overshadowing them, and (G)a voice [e]came out of the cloud: “(H)This is My beloved Son; [f]listen to Him!” 8 And suddenly they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.
9 (I)As they were coming down from the mountain, He (J)gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, [g]until the Son of Man rose from the dead. 10 They [h]seized upon [i]that statement, discussing with one another [j]what rising from the dead meant. 11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that (K)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 (L)the Son of Man that (M)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I say to you that Elijah has [k]indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him.”
All Things Possible
14 (N)And when they came back to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15 Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were (O)amazed and began running up to greet Him. 16 And He asked them, “What are you disputing with them?” 17 And one person from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, because he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; 18 and [l]whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. And I told Your disciples so that they would cast it out, but 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 And they brought [m]the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, 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 kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” 23 But Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ (P)All things are possible for the one who believes.” 24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” 25 When Jesus saw that (Q)a crowd was [n]rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I [o]command you, come out of him and do not enter him [p]again!” 26 And 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 (R)into the house, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why is it that we could not cast it out?” 29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer.”
Death and Resurrection Foretold
30 (S)And 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, “(T)The Son of Man is to be [q]handed over to men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.” 32 But (U)they [r]did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
33 (V)They came to Capernaum; and when He was in (W)the house, He began to question them: “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way (X)they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. 35 And sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “(Y)If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And He took a child and placed him among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, 37 “(Z)Whoever [s]receives [t]one child like this in My name [u]receives Me; and whoever [v]receives Me does not [w]receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”
Dire Warnings
38 (AA)John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and (AB)we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. 40 (AC)For the one who is not against us is [x]for us. 41 For (AD)whoever gives you a cup of water to drink [y]because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
42 “(AE)Whoever causes one of these [z]little ones who believe in Me to [aa]sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he [ab]is thrown into the sea. 43 And (AF)if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into [ac](AG)hell, into the (AH)unquenchable fire.[ad] 45 And if your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life without a foot, than, having your two feet, to be thrown into [ae](AI)hell.[af] 47 And (AJ)if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into [ag](AK)hell, 48 (AL)where their worm does not die, and (AM)the fire is not extinguished. 49 For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good; but (AN)if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you [ah]make it salty again? (AO)Have salt in yourselves, and (AP)be at peace with one another.”
Footnotes
- Mark 9:2 Or Jacob
- Mark 9:2 I.e., visibly changed
- Mark 9:5 Or sacred tents
- Mark 9:7 Lit occurred
- Mark 9:7 Lit occurred
- Mark 9:7 Or give constant heed
- Mark 9:9 Lit except when
- Mark 9:10 Or kept to themselves
- Mark 9:10 Lit the word
- Mark 9:10 Lit what was the rising from the dead
- Mark 9:13 Lit even
- Mark 9:18 Or wherever
- Mark 9:20 Lit him
- Mark 9:25 Lit running together
- Mark 9:25 Or Myself command
- Mark 9:25 Or from now on
- Mark 9:31 Or betrayed
- Mark 9:32 Lit were not knowing
- Mark 9:37 Or welcomes
- Mark 9:37 Lit one of such children
- Mark 9:37 Or welcomes
- Mark 9:37 Or welcomes
- Mark 9:37 Or welcome
- Mark 9:40 Or on our side
- Mark 9:41 Lit in a name that you are Christ’s
- Mark 9:42 Or lowly
- Mark 9:42 Or stumble
- Mark 9:42 Lit has been thrown (intensified)
- Mark 9:43 Gr Gehenna
- Mark 9:43 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 44
- Mark 9:45 Gr Gehenna
- Mark 9:45 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 46; cf. note 2 v 43
- Mark 9:47 Gr Gehenna
- Mark 9:50 Lit season it
Mark 9
Common English Bible
9 1 Jesus continued, “I assure you that some standing here won’t die before they see God’s kingdom arrive in power.”
Jesus transformed
2 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and brought them to the top of a very high mountain where they were alone. He was transformed in front of them, 3 and his clothes were amazingly bright, brighter than if they had been bleached white. 4 Elijah and Moses appeared and were talking with Jesus. 5 Peter reacted to all of this by saying to Jesus, “Rabbi, it’s good that we’re here. Let’s make three shrines—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 He said this because he didn’t know how to respond, for the three of them were terrified.
7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice spoke from the cloud, “This is my Son, whom I dearly love. Listen to him!” 8 Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Human One[a] had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept it to themselves, wondering, “What’s this ‘rising from the dead’?” 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[b] 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.”
A demon-possessed boy
14 When Jesus, Peter, James, and John approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them and legal experts arguing with them. 15 Suddenly the whole crowd caught sight of Jesus. They ran to greet him, overcome with excitement. 16 Jesus asked them, “What are you arguing about?”
17 Someone from the crowd responded, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, since he has a spirit that doesn’t allow him to speak. 18 Wherever it overpowers him, it throws him into a fit. He foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and stiffens up. So I spoke to your disciples to see if they could throw it out, but they couldn’t.”
19 Jesus answered them, “You faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him to me.”
20 They brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a fit. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 21 Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been going on?”
He said, “Since he was a child. 22 It has often thrown him into a fire or into water trying to kill him. If you can do anything, help us! Show us compassion!”
23 Jesus said to him, “‘If you can do anything’? All things are possible for the one who has faith.”
24 At that the boy’s father cried out, “I have faith; help my lack of faith!”
25 Noticing that the crowd had surged together, Jesus spoke harshly to the unclean spirit, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you to come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 After screaming and shaking the boy horribly, the spirit came out. The boy seemed to be dead; in fact, several people said that he had died. 27 But Jesus took his hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
28 After Jesus went into a house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we throw this spirit out?”
29 Jesus answered, “Throwing this kind of spirit out requires prayer.”
Jesus predicts his death
30 From there Jesus and his followers went through Galilee, but he didn’t want anyone to know it. 31 This was because he was teaching his disciples, “The Human One[c] will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him. Three days after he is killed he will rise up.” 32 But they didn’t understand this kind of talk, and they were afraid to ask him.
33 They entered Capernaum. When they had come into a house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about during the journey?” 34 They didn’t respond, since on the way they had been debating with each other about who was the greatest. 35 He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be least of all and the servant of all.” 36 Jesus reached for a little child, placed him among the Twelve, and embraced him. Then he said, 37 “Whoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me isn’t actually welcoming me but rather the one who sent me.”
Recognize your allies
38 John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone throwing demons out in your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”
39 Jesus replied, “Don’t stop him. No one who does powerful acts in my name can quickly turn around and curse me. 40 Whoever isn’t against us is for us. 41 I assure you that whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will certainly be rewarded.
42 “As for whoever causes these little ones who believe in me to trip and fall into sin, it would be better for them to have a huge stone hung around their necks and to be thrown into the lake. 43 If your hand causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It’s better for you to enter into life crippled than to go away with two hands into the fire of hell, which can’t be put out.[d] 45 If your foot causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It’s better for you to enter life lame than to be thrown into hell with two feet.[e] 47 If your eye causes you to fall into sin, tear it out. It’s better for you to enter God’s kingdom with one eye than to be thrown into hell with two. 48 That’s a place where worms don’t die and the fire never goes out.[f] 49 Everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good; but if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? Maintain salt among yourselves and keep peace with each other.”
Footnotes
- Mark 9:9 Or Son of Man
- Mark 9:12 Or Son of Man
- Mark 9:31 Or Son of Man
- Mark 9:43 9:44 is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament where worms don’t die and the fire never goes out.
- Mark 9:45 9:46 is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament where worms don’t die and the fire never goes out.
- Mark 9:48 Isa 66:24
Marcos 9
Reina-Valera 1995
9 También les dijo:
—De cierto os digo que algunos de los que están aquí no gustarán la muerte hasta que hayan visto que el reino de Dios ha venido con poder.
La transfiguración(A)
2 Seis días después, Jesús tomó a Pedro, a Jacobo y a Juan, y los llevó aparte solos a un monte alto. Allí se transfiguró delante de ellos. 3 Sus vestidos se volvieron resplandecientes, muy blancos, como la nieve, tanto que ningún lavador en la tierra los puede dejar tan blancos. 4 Y vieron a Elías y a Moisés que hablaban con Jesús. 5 Entonces Pedro dijo a Jesús:
—¡Maestro, bueno es para nosotros que estemos aquí! Hagamos tres enramadas: una para ti, otra para Moisés y otra para Elías.
6 No sabía lo que hablaba, pues estaban asustados. 7 Entonces vino una nube que les hizo sombra, y desde la nube una voz que decía: «Éste es mi Hijo amado; a él oíd.» 8 Y luego, cuando miraron, no vieron a nadie más con ellos, sino a Jesús solo.
9 Mientras descendían del monte, les mandó que a nadie dijeran lo que habían visto, hasta que el Hijo del hombre hubiera resucitado de los muertos. 10 Por eso guardaron la palabra entre sí, discutiendo qué sería aquello de resucitar de los muertos. 11 Le preguntaron, diciendo:
—¿Por qué dicen los escribas que es necesario que Elías venga primero?
12 Respondiendo él, les dijo:
—Elías a la verdad vendrá primero y restaurará todas las cosas. Pero ¿no dice la Escritura que el Hijo del hombre debe padecer mucho y ser despreciado? 13 Pero os digo que Elías ya vino, y le hicieron todo lo que quisieron, como está escrito de él.
Jesús sana a un muchacho endemoniado(B)
14 Cuando llegó a donde estaban los discípulos, vio una gran multitud alrededor de ellos, y escribas que discutían con ellos. 15 En seguida toda la gente, viéndolo, se asombró; y corriendo a él, lo saludaron. 16 Él les preguntó:
—¿Qué discutís con ellos?
17 Respondiendo uno de la multitud, dijo:
—Maestro, traje a ti mi hijo, que tiene un espíritu mudo, 18 el cual, dondequiera que lo toma, lo sacude; echa espumarajos, cruje los dientes y se va secando. Dije a tus discípulos que lo echaran fuera, pero no pudieron.
19 Respondiendo él, les dijo:
—¡Generación incrédula! ¿Hasta cuándo he de estar con vosotros? ¿Hasta cuándo os he de soportar? Traédmelo.
20 Se lo trajeron, y cuando el espíritu vio a Jesús, sacudió con violencia al muchacho, que cayó al suelo revolcándose y echando espumarajos. 21 Jesús preguntó al padre:
—¿Cuánto tiempo hace que le sucede esto?
Él dijo:
—Desde niño. 22 Y muchas veces lo arroja al fuego o al agua, para matarlo; pero si puedes hacer algo, ten misericordia de nosotros y ayúdanos.
23 Jesús le dijo:
—Si puedes creer, al que cree todo le es posible.
24 Inmediatamente el padre del muchacho clamó y dijo:
—Creo; ayuda mi incredulidad.
25 Cuando Jesús vio que la multitud se agolpaba, reprendió al espíritu impuro, diciéndole:
—Espíritu mudo y sordo, yo te mando que salgas de él y no entres más en él.
26 Entonces el espíritu, clamando y sacudiéndolo con violencia, salió; y él quedó como muerto, de modo que muchos decían: «Está muerto.»
27 Pero Jesús, tomándolo de la mano, lo enderezó; y se levantó. 28 Cuando él entró en casa, sus discípulos le preguntaron aparte:
—¿Por qué nosotros no pudimos echarlo fuera?
29 Y les dijo:
—Este género con nada puede salir, sino con oración y ayuno.
Jesús anuncia otra vez su muerte(C)
30 Saliendo de allí, caminaron por Galilea; y no quería que nadie lo supiera, 31 pues enseñaba a sus discípulos, y les decía:
—El Hijo del hombre será entregado en manos de hombres, y lo matarán; pero, después de muerto, resucitará al tercer día.
32 Pero ellos no entendían esta palabra, y tenían miedo de preguntarle.
¿Quién es el mayor?(D)
33 Llegó a Capernaúm y, cuando estuvo en casa, les preguntó:
—¿Qué discutíais entre vosotros por el camino?
34 Pero ellos callaron, porque por el camino habían discutido entre sí sobre quién había de ser el mayor. 35 Entonces él se sentó, llamó a los doce y les dijo:
—Si alguno quiere ser el primero, será el último de todos y el servidor de todos. 36 Y tomó a un niño, lo puso en medio de ellos y, tomándolo en sus brazos, les dijo:
37 —El que reciba en mi nombre a un niño como éste, me recibe a mí; y el que a mí me recibe, no me recibe a mí sino al que me envió.
El que no está contra nosotros, por nosotros está(E)
38 Juan le respondió diciendo:
—Maestro, hemos visto a uno que en tu nombre echaba fuera demonios, pero él no nos sigue, y se lo prohibimos porque no nos seguía.
39 Pero Jesús dijo:
—No se lo prohibáis, porque ninguno hay que haga milagro en mi nombre, que luego pueda hablar mal de mí, 40 pues el que no está contra nosotros, por nosotros está. 41 Y cualquiera que os dé un vaso de agua en mi nombre, porque sois de Cristo, de cierto os digo que no perderá su recompensa.
Ocasiones de caer(F)
42 A cualquiera que haga tropezar a uno de estos pequeñitos que creen en mí, mejor le sería que se le atara una piedra de molino al cuello y se le arrojara al mar. 43 Si tu mano te es ocasión de caer, córtala, porque mejor te es entrar en la vida manco, que teniendo dos manos ir al infierno, al fuego que no puede ser apagado, 44 donde el gusano de ellos no muere y el fuego nunca se apaga. 45 Y si tu pie te es ocasión de caer, córtalo, porque mejor te es entrar en la vida cojo, que teniendo dos pies ser arrojado al infierno, al fuego que no puede ser apagado, 46 donde el gusano de ellos no muere y el fuego nunca se apaga. 47 Y si tu ojo te es ocasión de caer, sácalo, porque mejor te es entrar en el reino de Dios con un ojo, que teniendo dos ojos ser arrojado al infierno, 48 donde el gusano de ellos no muere y el fuego nunca se apaga. 49 Todos serán salados con fuego, y todo sacrificio será salado con sal. 50 Buena es la sal; pero si la sal se hace insípida, ¿con qué la sazonaréis? Tened sal en vosotros mismos, y vivid en paz los unos con los otros.
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