[1] And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will
have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.
[2] And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and
made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was
changed in form before them: [3] And his clothing became shining, very
white, as no cleaner on earth would make it. [4] And there came before them
Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. [5] And Peter said to
Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents;
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. [6] Because he was not
certain what to say, for they were in great fear. [7] And a cloud came over
them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved
Son, give ear to him. [8] And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one
any longer, but Jesus only with themselves. [9] And while they were coming
down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of
the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.
[10] And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming
back from the dead might be. [11] And they put a question to him, saying,
Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first? [12] And he said to
them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how
is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow
and be made as nothing? [13] But I say to you that Elijah has come, and
they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the
Writings say about him. [14] And when they came to the disciples, they saw
a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them. [15] And
straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and
running to him, gave him worship. [16] And he said, What are you
questioning them about? [17] And one of the number said to him in answer,
Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away
his power of talking; [18] And wherever it takes him, it puts him down
violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength
goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and
they were not able. [19] And he said to them in answer, O generation
without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up
with you? let him come to me. [20] And they took him to him: and when he
saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down
on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips. [21] And Jesus
questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said,
From a child. [22] And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into
the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have
pity on us, and give us help. [23] And Jesus said to him, If you are able!
All things are possible to him who has faith. [24] Straight away the father
of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith
stronger. [25] And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he
gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the
cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and
never again go into him. [26] And after crying out and shaking him
violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of
them said, He is dead. [27] But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up;
and he got up. [28] And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said
to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out? [29] And he said to
them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer. [30] And they went
out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might
have knowledge of it; [31] For he was giving his disciples teaching, and
saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they
will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come
back from the dead. [32] But the saying was not clear to them, and they
were in fear of questioning him about it. [33] And they came to Capernaum:
and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you
talking about on the way? [34] But they said nothing: because they had had
an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest. [35]
And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them,
If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant
of all. [36] And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them;
and taking him in his arms, he said to them, [37] Whoever will give honour
to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives
honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me. [38] John
said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and
we said that he might not, because he is not one of us. [39] But Jesus
said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name,
and be able at the same time to say evil of me. [40] He who is not against
us is for us. [41] Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are
Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward. [42]
And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have
faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his
neck and he was dropped into the sea. [43] And if your hand is a cause of
trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life
with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal
fire. [44] [] [45] And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be
cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have
two feet and go into hell. [46] [] [47] And if your eye is a cause of
trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of
God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell, [48] Where their
worm is ever living and the fire is not put out. [49] Everyone will be
salted with fire. [50] Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how
will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one
with another.
