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Then there was a voice out of the cloud: "This is my Son, the Chosen! Listen to him."
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When the sound of the voice died away, they saw Jesus there alone. They were speechless. And they continued speechless, said not one thing to anyone during those days of what they had seen.
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When they came down off the mountain the next day, a big crowd was there to meet them.
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A man called from out of the crowd, "Please, please, Teacher, take a look at my son. He's my only child.
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Often a spirit seizes him. Suddenly he's screaming, thrown into convulsions, his mouth foaming. And then it beats him black and blue before it leaves.
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I asked your disciples to deliver him but they couldn't."
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Jesus said, "What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring your son here."
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While he was coming, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into convulsions. Jesus stepped in, ordered the vile spirit gone, healed the boy, and handed him back to his father.
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They all shook their heads in wonder, astonished at God's greatness, God's majestic greatness.
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"Treasure and ponder each of these next words: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into human hands."
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They didn't get what he was saying. It was like he was speaking a foreign language and they couldn't make heads or tails of it. But they were embarrassed to ask him what he meant.