Mark 9
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.
‘I tell you,’ he added, ‘that some of those who are standing here will not know death until they have seen the kingdom of God come in 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:
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain alone by themselves. There his appearance was transformed before their eyes,
3 And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.
and his clothes became whiter than any launderer in the whole world could bleach them.
4 And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
And Elijah appeared to them, in company 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.
‘Rabbi,’ said Peter, interposing, ‘it is good to be here; 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.
For he did not know what to say, because they were much afraid.
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.
Then a cloud came down and enveloped them; and from the cloud there came a voice – ‘This is my dearly loved son; listen to him.’
8 And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.
And suddenly, on looking round, they saw that there was now no one with them but Jesus alone.
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.
As they were going down the mountainside, Jesus cautioned them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.
They seized on these words and discussed with one another what this “rising from the dead” meant.
11 And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
‘How is it,’ they asked Jesus, ‘that our teachers of the Law 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?
‘Elijah does indeed come first,’ answered Jesus, ‘and re-establish everything; and does not scripture speak, with regard to the Son of Man, of his undergoing much suffering and being utterly despised?
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.
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and people have treated him just as they pleased, as scripture says of him.’
14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.
When they came to the other disciples, they saw a great crowd round them, and some teachers of the Law arguing with them.
15 And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.
But, as soon as they saw Jesus, all the people, in great astonishment, ran up and greeted him.
16 And he said, What are you questioning them about?
‘What are you arguing about with them?’ Jesus asked.
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;
‘Teacher,’ answered a man in the crowd, ‘I brought my son to see you, as he has a spirit in him that makes him mute;
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.
and, wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they failed.’
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.
‘Faithless generation!’ exclaimed Jesus. ‘How long must I be with you? How long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy 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.
They brought him to Jesus; but no sooner did the boy see him than the spirit threw him into convulsions; and he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
21 And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.
‘How long has he been like this?’ Jesus asked the boy’s father.
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.
‘From his childhood,’ he answered. ‘It has often thrown him into fire and into water to put an end to his life; but, if you can possibly do anything, take pity on us, and help us!’
23 And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.
‘Why say “possibly”?’ Jesus replied. ‘Everything is possible for one who has faith.’
24 Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.
The boy’s father immediately cried out, ‘I have faith; help my want of faith!’
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.
But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit, ‘Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again.’
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.
With a loud cry the spirit threw the boy into repeated convulsions, and then came out from him. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.
But Jesus took his hand, and lifted him; and he stood up.
28 And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?
When Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, ‘Why couldn’t we drive it out?’
29 And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.
‘A spirit of this kind,’ he said, ‘can be driven out only by prayer.’
30 And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;
Leaving that place, Jesus and his disciples went on their way through Galilee; but he did not wish anyone to know 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.
for he was instructing his disciples, and telling them – ‘The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of his fellow men, and they will put him to death, but, when he has been put to death, he will rise again after three days.’
32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.
But the disciples did not understand his meaning and were afraid to question him.
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?
They came to Capernaum. When Jesus had gone into the house, he asked them, ‘What were you discussing on the way?’
34 But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.
But they were silent; for on the way they had been arguing with one another which 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.
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, ‘If anyone wishes to be first, he must 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,
Then Jesus took a little child, and placed it in the middle of them. Taking it 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.
‘Anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his messenger.’
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.
‘Teacher,’ said John, ‘we saw a man driving out demons by using your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he did not follow 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.
‘None of you must prevent the man,’ answered Jesus, ‘for no one will use my name in working a miracle, and yet find it easy to speak evil of me.
40 He who is not against us is for us.
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.
If anyone gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you, he will assuredly not lose 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.
‘And, if anyone puts temptation in the way of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be far better for him if he had been thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck.
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. (Geenna g1067)
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the life maimed, than to have both your hands and go into Gehenna, into the fire that cannot be put out. (Geenna g1067)
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. (Geenna g1067)
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the life lame, than to have both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
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, (Geenna g1067)
If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into Gehenna, (Geenna g1067)
48 Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.
where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
For it is by fire that everyone will be salted.
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.
Salt is good, but, if the salt should lose its saltiness, what will you use to season it? You must have salt in yourselves, and live at peace with one another.’
