New Testament · Gospels and Acts

Mark chapter 9

And he told them, “I’m telling you the truth — some of you standing here right now won’t die before you see arrive in .”Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a , just the four of them, alone. And right there in front of them, he was .His clothes became — whiter than any bleach on earth could ever make them.Then appeared to them, along with , and they were talking with Jesus.Peter jumped in and said to Jesus, “, this is incredible that we’re here! Let us put up three — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”He didn’t really know what to say — they were completely .Then a formed and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, the one I . !”And just like that, when they looked around, they didn’t see anyone with them anymore — only Jesus.As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the had .They held onto that statement, discussing among themselves what “rising from the dead” could possibly mean.Then they asked him, “Why do the say that Elijah has to come first?”He told them, “Elijah does come first and . But then why is it written about the Son of Man that he would go through terrible suffering and be ?”But I’m telling you — Elijah has already come, and they did whatever they wanted to him, exactly as it was written about him.When they got back to the other , they saw a huge crowd gathered around them and religious scholars arguing with them.The whole crowd was the moment they saw Jesus, and they ran up to greet him.He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”Someone from the crowd answered him, “, I brought my son to you — he has a in him that won’t let him speak.Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and . I asked your followers to drive it out, but they couldn’t do it.”Jesus responded, “You — how long do I have to be with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring him to me.”So they brought the boy to him. The moment the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into . He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” He said, “Since he was a little kid.It’s thrown him into fire and water over and over, trying to kill him. But if you can do anything — please, have on us and help us!”Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’? Everything is possible for the person who .”Immediately the boy’s father , “I do trust! Help me where I don’t!”When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he commanded the , “You spirit that makes him deaf and mute — I’m you: come out of him and never go back into him again!”The spirit screamed, threw the boy into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a that most of the crowd said, “He’s dead.”But Jesus grabbed his hand and , and he stood on his own two feet.After he went inside a house, his followers asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”He told them, “This kind can only come out through .”They left that area and traveled through . Jesus didn’t want anyone to know where they were,because he was teaching his followers. He told them, “The Son of Man is going to be to people, and they’re going to kill him. But three days after they kill him, he’ll .”But they didn’t understand what he was saying, and they were to ask him about it.They came to , and once they were inside the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?”But they stayed quiet, because on the road they had been arguing with each other about which of them was the .He sat down, called over, and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, they need to be last — and the of everyone else.”Then he took a , stood the child right in the middle of them, picked the child up in his arms, and said to them,“Whoever one of these little children welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me isn’t just welcoming me — they’re welcoming the one who sent me.”John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone spirits using your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following along with us.”But Jesus said, “Don’t stop him. No one who does a using my name can turn around and trash-talk me the next moment.Whoever isn’t against us is for us.I’m telling you the truth — anyone who gives you a cup of water because you belong to will absolutely not lose their .And whoever one of these who trust in me — it would be better for them if a were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.If your hand , cut it off. It’s better to enter missing a hand than to go into — the — with both hands intact.[This verse is not included in the earliest manuscripts.]And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It’s better to enter life limping than to be thrown into with both feet.[This verse is not included in the earliest manuscripts.]And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out. It’s better to enter with one eye than to be thrown into Gehenna with both eyes,where ‘ and .’Everyone will be . is good. But if salt , how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and with each other.