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2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
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2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
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3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.
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3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.
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4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
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4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
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5 Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."
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5 Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."
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6 (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)
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6 (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)
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7 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!"
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7 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!"
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8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
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8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
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9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
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9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
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10 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what "rising from the dead" meant.
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10 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what "rising from the dead" meant.
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11 And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"
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11 And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"
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12 Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
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12 Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
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13 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him."
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13 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
