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1 Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.
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Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them to the top of a very high mountain.
2 As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.
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He was transformed in front of them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.
3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus.
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Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.
4 Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it’s wonderful for us to be here! If you want, I’ll make three shelters as memorials —one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
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Peter reacted to all of this by saying to Jesus, "Lord, it's good that we're here. If you want, I'll make three shrines: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
5 But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
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While he was still speaking, look, a bright cloud overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son whom I dearly love. I am very pleased with him. Listen to him!"
6 The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground.
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Hearing this, the disciples fell on their faces, filled with awe.
7 Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”
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But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Don't be afraid."
8 And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus.
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When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
9 As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
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As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Don't tell anybody about the vision until the Human One is raised from the dead."
10 Then his disciples asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes? ”
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The disciples asked, "Then why do the legal experts say that Elijah must first come?"
11 Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready.
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Jesus responded, "Elijah does come first and will restore all things.
12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, but he wasn’t recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they will also make the Son of Man suffer.”
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In fact, I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they didn't know him. But they did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way the Human One is also going to suffer at their hands."
13 Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the Baptist.
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Then the disciples realized he was telling them about John the Baptist.
14 At the foot of the mountain, a large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said,
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When they came to the crowd, a man met Jesus. He knelt before him,
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son. He has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
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saying, "Lord, show mercy to my son. He is epileptic and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire or the water.
16 So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”
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I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."
17 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
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Jesus answered, "You faithless and crooked generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me."
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. From that moment the boy was well.
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Then Jesus spoke harshly to the demon. And it came out of the child, who was healed from that time on.
19 Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”
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Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, "Why couldn't we throw the demon out?"
20 “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible. ”
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"Because you have little faith," he said. "I assure you that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Go from here to there,' and it will go. There will be nothing that you can't do."
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22 After they gathered again in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.
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When the disciples came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Human One is about to be delivered over into human hands.
23 He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
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They will kill him. But he will be raised on the third day." And they were heartbroken.
24 On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?”
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When they came to Capernaum, the people who collected the half-shekel temple tax came to Peter and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?"
25 “Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered? ”
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"Yes," he said. But when they came into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter first."What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect taxes, from their children or from strangers?"
26 “They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!
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"From strangers," he said. Jesus said to him, "Then the children don't have to pay.
27 However, we don’t want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.”
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But just so we don't offend them, go to the lake, throw out a fishing line and hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us."