Matthew 17:14-18:9

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Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

^14 (A)And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, ¹⁵ said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is ^(B)an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to your disciples, and ^(C)they could not heal him.” ¹⁷ And Jesus answered, “O faithless and ^(D)twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? ^(E)How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” ¹⁸ And Jesus ^(F)rebuked the demon,^[a] and it^[b] came out of him, and ^(G)the boy was healed instantly.^{[c] 19} Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁰ He said to them, ^(H)“Because of your little faith. For ^(I)truly, I say to you, ^(J)if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, ^(K)you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’, and it will move, and ^(L)nothing will be impossible for you.”^[d]

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection

^22 (M)As they were gathering^[e] in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, ²³ and they will kill him, and he will be raised on ^(N)the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.

The Temple Tax

^24 (O)When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of ^(P)the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” ²⁵ He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, ^(Q)“What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or ^(R)tax? From their sons or from others?” ²⁶ And when he said, “From others”, Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. ²⁷ However, not to give offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel.^[f] Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

Who Is the Greatest?

18 ^(S)At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” ² And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them ³ and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you ^(T)turn and ^(U)become like children, you ^(V)will never enter the kingdom of heaven. ^4 (W)Whoever humbles himself like this child is the ^(X)greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

^5 (Y)“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ⁶ but ^(Z)whoever causes one of these ^(AA)little ones who believe in me to sin,^[g] it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Temptations to Sin

⁷ “Woe to the world for ^(AB)temptations to sin!^{[h] (AC)}For it is necessary that temptations come, ^(AD)but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! ^8 (AE)And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into ^(AF)the eternal fire. ^9 (AG)And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the ^(AH)hell^[i] of fire.