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1 Six days later, Yeshua took Kefa, Ya`akov and his brother Yochanan and led them up a high mountain privately.
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And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.
2 As they watched, he began to change form -- his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became as white as light.
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And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
3 Then they looked and saw Moshe and Eliyahu speaking with him.
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And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.
4 Kefa said to Yeshua, "It's good that we're here, Lord. I'll put up three shelters if you want -- one for you, one for Moshe and one for Eliyahu."
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And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them; and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!"
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While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
6 When the talmidim heard this, they were so frightened that they fell face down on the ground.
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And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.
7 But Yeshua came and touched them. "Get up!" he said, "Don't be afraid."
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And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.
8 So they opened their eyes, looked up and saw only Yeshua by himself.
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And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only.
9 As they came down the mountain, Yeshua ordered them, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."
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And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.
10 The talmidim asked him, "Then why do the Torah-teachers say that Eliyahu must come first?"
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And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
11 He answered, "On the one hand, Eliyahu is coming and will restore all things;
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And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:
12 on the other hand, I tell you that Eliyahu has come already, and people did not recognize him but did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way, the Son of Man too is about to suffer at their hands."
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But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.
13 Then the talmidim understood that he was talking to them about Yochanan the Immerser.
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Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.
14 As they came up to the crowd, a man approached Yeshua, kneeled down in front of him,
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And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,
15 and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and has such terrible fits that he often falls into the fire or into the water.
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Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.
16 I brought him to your talmidim, but they couldn't heal him."
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And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.
17 Yeshua answered, "Perverted people, without any trust! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"
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And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.
18 Yeshua rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, so that from that moment he was healed.
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And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.
19 Then the talmidim went to him privately and said, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" He said to them, "Because you have such little trust! Yes! I tell you that if you
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Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why were we not able to send it out?
20 have trust as tiny as a mustard seed, you will be able to say to this mountain, `Move from here to there!' and it will move; indeed, nothing will be impossible for you!"
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And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.
21 Some manuscripts include verse 21: But this kind does not go out except through prayer and fasting."
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22 As they were going about together in the Galil, Yeshua said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of people
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And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;
23 who will put him to death, and on the third day he will be raised." And they were filled with sadness.
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And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad.
24 When they came to K'far-Nachum, the collectors of the half-shekel came to Kefa and said, "Doesn't your rabbi pay the Temple tax?"
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And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?
25 "Of course he does," said Kefa. When he arrived home, Yeshua spoke first. "Shim`on, what's your opinion? The kings of the earth -- from whom do they collect duties and taxes? From their sons or from others?"
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He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?
26 "From others," he answered. "Then," said Yeshua, "The sons are exempt.
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And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.
27 But to avoid offending them -- go to the lake, throw out a line, and take the first fish you catch. Open its mouth, and you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to them for me and for you."
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But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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