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Matthew 17; Mark 9; Luke 9:28-62

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Matthew 17

1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them to the top of a very high mountain.
2 He was transformed in front of them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.
3 Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.
4 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 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 Hearing this, the disciples fell on their faces, filled with awe.
7 But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Don't be afraid."
8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
9 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 The disciples asked, "Then why do the legal experts say that Elijah must first come?"
11 Jesus responded, "Elijah does come first and will restore all things.
12 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 telling them about John the Baptist.
14 When they came to the crowd, a man met Jesus. He knelt before him,
15 saying, "Lord, show mercy to my son. He is epileptic and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire or the water.
16 I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."
17 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 spoke harshly to the demon. And it came out of the child, who was healed from that time on.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, "Why couldn't we throw the demon out?"
20 "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."
22 When the disciples came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Human One is about to be delivered over into human hands.
23 They will kill him. But he will be raised on the third day." And they were heartbroken.
24 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 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 "From strangers," he said. Jesus said to him, "Then the children don't have to pay.
27 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."
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Mark 9

1 Jesus continued, "I assure you that some standing here won't die before they see God's kingdom arrive in power."
2 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and brought them to the top of a very high mountain where they were alone. He was transformed in front of them,
3 and his clothes were amazingly bright, brighter than if they had been bleached white.
4 Elijah and Moses appeared and were talking with Jesus.
5 Peter reacted to all of this by saying to Jesus, "Rabbi, it's good that we're here. Let's make three shrines—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
6 He said this because he didn't know how to respond, for the three of them were terrified.
7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice spoke from the cloud, "This is my Son, whom I dearly love. Listen to him!"
8 Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Human One had risen from the dead.
10 So they kept it to themselves, wondering, "What's this ‘rising from the dead'?"
11 They asked Jesus, "Why do the legal experts say that Elijah must come first?"
12 He answered, "Elijah does come first to restore all things. Why was it written that the Human One would suffer many things and be rejected?
13 In fact, I tell you that Elijah has come, but they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it was written about him."
14 When Jesus, Peter, James, and John approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them and legal experts arguing with them.
15 Suddenly the whole crowd caught sight of Jesus. They ran to greet him, overcome with excitement.
16 Jesus asked them, "What are you arguing about?"
17 Someone from the crowd responded, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, since he has a spirit that doesn't allow him to speak.
18 Wherever it overpowers him, it throws him into a fit. He foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and stiffens up. So I spoke to your disciples to see if they could throw it out, but they couldn't."
19 Jesus answered them, "You faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him to me."
20 They brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a fit. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21 Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been going on?" He said, "Since he was a child.
22 It has often thrown him into a fire or into water trying to kill him. If you can do anything, help us! Show us compassion!"
23 Jesus said to him, "‘If you can do anything'? All things are possible for the one who has faith."
24 At that the boy's father cried out, "I have faith; help my lack of faith!"
25 Noticing that the crowd had surged together, Jesus spoke harshly to the unclean spirit, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you to come out of him and never enter him again."
26 After screaming and shaking the boy horribly, the spirit came out. The boy seemed to be dead; in fact, several people said that he had died.
27 But Jesus took his hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
28 After Jesus went into a house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we throw this spirit out?"
29 Jesus answered, "Throwing this kind of spirit out requires prayer."
30 From there Jesus and his followers went through Galilee, but he didn't want anyone to know it.
31 This was because he was teaching his disciples, "The Human One will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him. Three days after he is killed he will rise up."
32 But they didn't understand this kind of talk, and they were afraid to ask him.
33 They entered Capernaum. When they had come into a house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about during the journey?"
34 They didn't respond, since on the way they had been debating with each other about who was the greatest.
35 He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must be least of all and the servant of all."
36 Jesus reached for a little child, placed him among the Twelve, and embraced him. Then he said,
37 "Whoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me isn't actually welcoming me but rather the one who sent me."
38 John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone throwing demons out in your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn't following us.”
39 Jesus replied, “Don't stop him. No one who does powerful acts in my name can quickly turn around and curse me.
40 Whoever isn't against us is for us.
41 I assure you that whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will certainly be rewarded.
42 "As for whoever causes these little ones who believe in me to trip and fall into sin, it would be better for them to have a huge stone hung around their necks and to be thrown into the lake.
43 If your hand causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It's better for you to enter into life crippled than to go away with two hands into the fire of hell, which can't be put out.
45 If your foot causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It's better for you to enter life lame than to be thrown into hell with two feet.
47 If your eye causes you to fall into sin, tear it out. It's better for you to enter God's kingdom with one eye than to be thrown into hell with two.
48 That's a place where worms don't die and the fire never goes out.
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
50 Salt is good; but if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? Maintain salt among yourselves and keep peace with each other."
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Luke 9:28-62

28 About eight days after Jesus said these things, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes flashed white like lightning.
30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him.
31 They were clothed with heavenly splendor and spoke about Jesus' departure, which he would achieve in Jerusalem.
32 Peter and those with him were almost overcome by sleep, but they managed to stay awake and saw his glory as well as the two men with him.
33 As the two men were about to leave Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, it's good that we're here. We should construct three shrines: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"—but he didn't know what he was saying.
34 Peter was still speaking when a cloud overshadowed them. As they entered the cloud, they were overcome with awe.
35 Then a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my chosen one. Listen to him!"
36 Even as the voice spoke, Jesus was found alone. They were speechless and at the time told no one what they had seen.
37 The next day, when Jesus, Peter, John, and James had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.
38 A man from the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to take a look at my son, my only child.
39 Look, a spirit seizes him and, without any warning, he screams. It shakes him and causes him to foam at the mouth. It tortures him and rarely leaves him alone.
40 I begged your disciples to throw it out, but they couldn't."
41 Jesus answered, "You faithless and crooked generation, how long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here."
42 While he was coming, the demon threw him down and shook him violently. Jesus spoke harshly to the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father.
43 Everyone was overwhelmed by God's greatness. While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,
44 "Take these words to heart: the Human One is about to be delivered into human hands."
45 They didn't understand this statement. Its meaning was hidden from them so they couldn't grasp it. And they were afraid to ask him about it.
46 An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.
47 Aware of their deepest thoughts, Jesus took a little child and had the child stand beside him.
48 Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever is least among you all is the greatest."
49 John replied, "Master, we saw someone throwing demons out in your name, and we tried to stop him because he isn't in our group of followers."
50 But Jesus replied, "Don't stop him, because whoever isn't against you is for you."
51 As the time approached when Jesus was to be taken up into heaven, he determined to go to Jerusalem.
52 He sent messengers on ahead of him. Along the way, they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival,
53 but the Samaritan villagers refused to welcome him because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.
54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to consume them?"
55 But Jesus turned and spoke sternly to them,
56 and they went on to another village.
57 As Jesus and his disciples traveled along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Human One has no place to lay his head."
59 Then Jesus said to someone else, "Follow me." He replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and spread the news of God's kingdom."
61 Someone else said to Jesus, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say good-bye to those in my house."
62 Jesus said to him, "No one who puts a hand on the plow and looks back is fit for God's kingdom."
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