Chronological
17 Six days after this, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John with him. He led them up a hill by themselves.
2 Jesus was changed in front of them. His face was bright like the sun. His clothes were white, like light.
3 Then they saw Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus.
4 Peter said to Jesus, `Lord, this is a good place for us. If you want, we will make three places here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.'
5 While he was saying this, a bright cloud came over them. A voice in the cloud said, `This is my dear Son. I am very pleased with him. Listen to him.'
6 When the disciples heard it, they bowed their faces to the ground. They were very much afraid.
7 But Jesus came and touched them. He said, `Get up. Do not fear.'
8 When they looked up, they saw no one but Jesus.
9 When they came down the hill, Jesus said to them, `Do not tell anyone what you saw. Do not tell it until after the Son of Man has been raised from death.'
10 The disciples asked him, `Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'
11 Jesus answered, `Elijah does come. He will get everything ready.
12 I tell you that Elijah has come already. The people did not know him. And they did to him just what they wanted to do. So also the Son of Man will be troubled by them.'
13 Then the disciples knew that he was talking about John the Baptizer.
14 They came to the people. A man came and kneeled in front of Jesus.
15 He said, `Sir, help my son. A bad spirit is in him and he has much trouble. Often he falls into the fire, and often he falls into the water.
16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.'
17 Jesus said, `You people today do not believe. You have turned away from God. How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.'
18 Jesus talked to the bad spirit and he came out of the boy. The boy was healed.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus alone. They asked him, `Why could we not drive the bad spirit out?'
20 Jesus said to them, `Because you do not believe enough. I tell you the truth. If your strength to believe were as much as a little mustard seed, you could say to this hill, "Go, move over to that place!" And it would move. Nothing is too hard for you to do.
21 But this kind of bad spirit does not come out of a person unless people ask God and fast [do not eat food for a time].'
22 They were travelling in Galilee. Jesus said to his disciples, `The Son of Man will be given over to men.
24 They will kill him. But he will be raised on the third day.' This troubled the disciples very much.
25 They came to Capernaum. There the men who were collecting the tax for the temple came to Peter. They asked him, `Does not your teacher pay the tax for the temple?'
26 Peter said, `Yes, he does.' When he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him about it first. He said, `Simon, what do you think? From whom do kings on earth take taxes? Do they take them from their own people or from other people?'
27 Peter said, `From other people.' Jesus said, `Then the sons do not pay a tax.
28 But we must not make them think something wrong about us. So go to the sea. Throw a fish-hook into the water. Take the first fish you catch. Open its mouth and you will see a piece of money. Take it and pay them the tax for you and me.'
9 Jesus said to them, `I tell you the truth. Some people are standing here who will not die before they see the kingdom of God come with power.'
2 Six days after this, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him. He led them up a hill by themselves. Jesus was changed in front of them.
3 His clothes were white like light. No person on earth could make them so white.
4 Then they saw Elijah and Moses talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter said to Jesus, `Master, this is a good place for us. We will make three places, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.'
6 Peter did not know what to say because they were very much afraid.
7 Then a cloud came over them. A voice in the cloud said, `This is my dear Son. Listen to him.'
8 They quickly looked around but they saw no one except Jesus there with them.
9 When they came down the hill, Jesus said to them, `Do not tell anyone what you saw. Do not tell it until after the Son of Man has been raised from death.'
10 So they kept these things to themselves, asking each other what he meant about rising from death.
11 Then they asked Jesus, `Why do the scribes [who know all about the holy writings] say that first Elijah must come?'
12 He said, `Elijah does come first. He will get everything ready. But why do the holy writings say that the Son of Man must have much trouble? They say, "He will have much trouble and the people will not respect him."
13 I tell you that Elijah has come. The people did to him just what they wanted to do. They did just as it is written about him.'
14 When they came to the disciples, they saw many people around them. Some scribes were talking with the disciples.
15 The people were all very much surprised when they saw Jesus. They ran to him and greeted him.
16 Jesus asked his disciples, `What are you talking about with them?'
17 One of the people said, `Teacher, I brought my son to you. A bad spirit is in him so he cannot talk.
18 Wherever it takes hold of him, it throws him around. It makes him foam at his mouth. It makes him make noises with his teeth. He is getting weak and thin. I asked your disciples to drive the bad spirit out, but they could not do it.'
19 Jesus said, `You people today do not believe. How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.'
20 So they brought the boy to him. As soon as the bad spirit saw him, he threw the boy around. The boy fell on the ground and rolled around. Foam was coming from his mouth.
21 Jesus asked the father, `How long has he had this spirit?' He answered, `Since he was a child.
22 Often it has thrown him in the fire and in the water. It has tried to kill him. If you can do anything for him, show us that you share our suffering by helping us.'
23 Jesus said to him, `You say, "If you can." Anything can be done for the person who believes.'
24 Right away the father of the child, with tears in his eyes, said loudly, `I do believe! Help me to believe more!'
25 Jesus saw many people come running together. He talked to the bad spirit: `You bad spirit who stops the boy from hearing and talking! I tell you, come out of him and do not go into him again!'
26 The bad spirit screamed and threw the boy around. Then it came out of him and left him like a dead person. Many of the people even said, `The boy is dead.'
27 But Jesus took his hand and helped him to get up. The boy stood up.
28 Jesus went into the house. His disciples were alone with him. They asked him, `Why could we not drive out the bad spirit?'
29 Jesus said to them, `This kind of bad spirit does not come out unless people talk to God and fast.'
30 Then they left that place and went through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know it.
31 He taught his disciples. He said to them, `The Son of Man will be given over to men. They will kill him. When he is killed, he will rise after three days.'
32 The disciples did not understand what he said and they were afraid to ask him.
33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked the disciples, `What were you talking about on the way coming?'
34 But they said nothing, because on the road they had been talking among themselves about who was the greatest person.
35 He sat down and called the twelve disciples to him. He said, `The way to be first is to put yourself last and be a servant to the others.'
36 Jesus took a child and had him stand in front of them. Then he took the child in his arms and said,
37 `If anyone takes in a child like this for my sake, he takes in me. If anyone takes in me, he takes in the One who sent me.'
38 John said to him, `Master, we saw a man driving bad spirits out of people. He was using your name, but he is not one of us. So we told him to stop because he is not one of us.'
39 Jesus said, `Do not stop him. Anyone who can do a great work in my name will not be quick to say wrong things about me.
40 He that is not against us is on our side.
41 `I tell you the truth. If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, he will not lose his reward'
42 `These little children believe in me. If anyone makes one of them do wrong, he will be punished. He will have worse trouble than if a big stone were tied to his neck and he were thrown into the deep sea.
43 If your hand makes you do wrong, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell. Hell fire never dies.
44 In hell their worm will not die and the fire will not stop burning.
45 If your foot makes you do wrong, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life with one foot than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. Hell fire never dies.
46 In hell their worm will not die and the fire will not stop burning.
47 If your eye makes you do wrong, take it out. It is better for you to go into God's kingdom with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.
48 In hell their worm will not die and the fire will not stop burning.
49 Everyone must be tested by fire. Every sacrifice must have salt on it.
50 Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again? You must have salt in yourselves and live in peace with one another.'
28 About eight days after saying these things, Jesus went up on a hill to talk with God. He took Peter, John, and James with him.
29 As he was talking with God, he was changed. His face was different. His clothes became very white and shining.
30 And then two men were talking with Jesus. They were Moses and Elijah.
31 Light was shining from them. They talked about his leaving this world. That would happen when he was in Jerusalem.
32 Peter and the others were very sleepy. They woke up and saw the light shining from Jesus. And they saw the two men standing with him.
33 When the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, `Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three places here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.' Peter did not know what he was saying.
34 As he said this, a cloud came over them. They were very much afraid when the cloud came around them.
35 A voice in the cloud said, `This is my dear Son. Listen to him!'
36 The talking stopped. Then Jesus was left alone. The disciples did not say anything. They did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.
37 The next day they came down the hill. Many people met him.
38 One man among them called out, `Teacher, I beg you, look at my son. He is my only child.
39 A bad spirit takes hold of him and he screams. It throws him around and makes him foam at his mouth. It beats him badly and does not want to leave him.
40 I begged your disciples to drive the bad spirit out, but they could not do it.'
41 Jesus said, `You people today do not believe. You have turned away from God. How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.'
42 While he was coming, the bad spirit knocked him down and threw him around. Jesus told the spirit to stop. He healed the boy and gave him back to his father.
43 All the people were surprised to see that God has so much power. While the people were wondering about everything Jesus did, he talked to his disciples.
44 He said, `Listen well to what I say. The Son of Man will be given over to men,'
45 But they did not understand what he said. The meaning was hidden from them so they would not understand it. And they were afraid to ask him about it.
46 The disciples started talking among themselves. They quarrelled about which of them was the greatest person.
47 Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he took a child and put him by his side.
48 Then he said, `If anyone takes in a child like this for my sake, he takes in me. And if anyone takes in me, he takes in the one who sent me. The one who takes the least or lowest place among you is the greatest.'
49 John answered, `Master, we saw a man driving bad spirits out of people. He was using your name. We told him to stop because he is not one of us.'
50 But Jesus said, `Do not stop him. Anyone who is not against you is on your side.'
51 The time was near for Jesus to be taken up to heaven. Then he started off for Jerusalem. He sent messengers ahead of him.
52 They went to one of the towns of the Samaritan people to get ready for him.
53 But the people would not take him in because he was going to Jerusalem.
54 When the disciples James and John saw that, they said, `Lord, do you want us to ask for fire to come down from the sky and burn them up?'
55 But he turned and said to them, `Stop that! You do not think about what kind of spirit you are showing.
56 The Son of Man did not come to kill people, but to save them.' And they went on to another town.
57 As they went along on the road, a man said to him, `I will go anywhere you go.'
58 Jesus said, `Foxes have holes to live in. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lie down to rest.'
59 Jesus said to another man who followed him, `Come with me.' But the man said, `Lord, let me go first and bury my father.'
60 Jesus said to him, `Let those who are dead bury their own dead people. As for you, go and tell people about God's kingdom.'
61 Another man said to Jesus, `Sir, I will go with you. But let me go first to my home and tell them I am going.'
62 Jesus said to him, `Any person who starts doing something and then keeps looking back is not fit for the kingdom of God.'
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