Mark 9
1 And he said to them, Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here that shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God come in power.
Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth: some standing here won't die before they see the kingdom of God having come with power.”
2 And after six days Jesus takes with [him] Peter and James and John, and takes them up on a high mountain by themselves apart. And he was transfigured before them:
Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and led them up a high mountain to be by themselves. His appearance totally changed.
3 and his garments became shining, exceeding white [as snow], such as fuller on earth could not whiten [them].
His clothes shone a brilliant white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them.
4 And there appeared to them Elias with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
Then Elijah and Moses appeared in front of them as well, talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answering says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good that we should be here; and let us make three tabernacles, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elias one.
Peter spoke up and said, “Rabbi, it's great for us to be here! We should make three shelters—one each for you, Moses, and Elijah.”
6 For he knew not what he should say, for they were filled with fear.
(He really didn't know what to say because they were all so frightened!)
7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
Then a cloud covered them, and a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the one I love. Listen to him.”
8 And suddenly having looked around, they no longer saw any one, but Jesus alone with themselves.
Then, all of a sudden, as they were watching, there was nobody. Only Jesus was with them.
9 And as they descended from the mountain, he charged them that they should relate to no one what they had seen, unless when the Son of man should be risen from among [the] dead.
As they came down the mountain Jesus instructed them not to tell anyone what they'd seen until the Son of man had risen from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying, questioning among themselves, what rising from among [the] dead was.
They kept this to themselves, but they did argue with each other over what it meant to rise from the dead.
11 And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
“Why do the religious teachers state that Elijah has to come first?” they asked him.
12 And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:
“It's true that Elijah comes first to prepare everything,” Jesus replied. “But why then does it say in Scripture that the Son of man has to suffer so much and be treated with contempt?
13 but I say unto you that Elias also is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.
However, I tell you that Elijah has come, and they abused him in whatever way they wanted, just as Scripture said they would.”
14 And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them.
When they returned to the other disciples, they saw them surrounded by a large crowd and some religious teachers arguing with them.
15 And immediately all the crowd seeing him were amazed, and running to [him], saluted him.
As soon as the crowd saw Jesus they were in total awe, and ran to greet him.
16 And he asked them, What do ye question with them about?
“What are you arguing with them about?” Jesus asked them.
17 And one out of the crowd answered him, Teacher, I brought to thee my son, who has a dumb spirit;
One of the people in the crowd answered, “Rabbi, I brought my son to you. He has an evil spirit that prevents him speaking.
18 and wheresoever it seizes him it tears him, and he foams and gnashes his teeth, and he is withering away. And I spoke to thy disciples, that they might cast him out, and they could not.
Whenever he has a seizure it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and he becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they couldn't do it.”
19 But he answering them says, O unbelieving generation! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him to me.
“You unbelieving people!” Jesus responded. “How long must I remain here with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring him over here to me!”
20 And they brought him to him. And seeing him the spirit immediately tore him; and falling upon the earth he rolled foaming.
So they brought him to Jesus. When the evil spirit saw Jesus it immediately sent the boy into convulsions and threw him on the ground, where he rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21 And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;
“How long has he had this?” Jesus asked the boy's father. “Since he was small,” the father replied.
22 and often it has cast him both into fire and into waters that it might destroy him: but if thou couldst [do] anything, be moved with pity on us, and help us.
“Often it throws him into the fire to burn him to death, or throws him into water to drown him. Please have mercy on us and help, if you can.”
23 And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is [if thou couldst] believe: all things are possible to him that believes.
“Why do you say, ‘if you can?’” replied Jesus. “Whoever trusts has every power!”
24 And immediately the father of the young child crying out said [with tears], I believe, help mine unbelief.
“I do trust in you,” the man shouted out right away. “Help me not to distrust you.”
25 But Jesus, seeing that [the] crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Jesus, seeing that the crowd was closing in, commanded the evil spirit, “Spirit that causes deafness and dumbness, I order you to come out of him and never return.”
26 And having cried out and torn [him] much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.
The spirit screamed and threw the boy into severe convulsions. Then the spirit came out of the boy and left him for dead—to the extent that many of the people said, “He's dead.”
27 But Jesus, having taken hold of him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
But Jesus took the boy by the hand and helped him up, and he got to his feet.
28 And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not we cast him out?
Later, when Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him in private, “Why couldn't we drive the evil spirit out?”
29 And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
“This kind can't be driven out except by prayer,” Jesus told them.
30 And going forth from thence they went through Galilee; and he would not that any one knew it;
They left and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to know where he was
31 for he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into men's hands, and they shall kill him; and having been killed, after three days he shall rise again.
because he was teaching his disciples. “The Son of man will be betrayed to human authorities,” he told them. “They will kill him, but three days later he will rise again.”
32 But they understood not the saying, and feared to ask him.
They didn't understand what he meant and were too afraid to ask him about it.
33 And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?
They arrived at Capernaum, and once they were inside the house where they were staying, Jesus asked them, “What were you talking about on the way?”
34 And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who [was] greatest.
But they didn't say anything because they had been arguing over who was the most important.
35 And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.
Jesus sat down and called the twelve disciples together. “If anyone wants to be first, he has to be the very last, the servant of everyone else,” he told them.
36 And taking a little child he set it in their midst, and having taken it in his arms he said to them,
He took a small child and had the child stand right in the middle of them. Then he picked up and hugged the child, and told them,
37 Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receives me; and whosoever shall receive me, does not receive me, but him who sent me.
“Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me doesn't welcome me but the one who sent me.”
38 And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.
John said to Jesus, “Rabbi, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him because he wasn't one of us.”
39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a miracle in my name, and be able soon [after] to speak ill of me;
“Don't stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who is doing miracles in my name can curse me at the same time.
40 for he who is not against us is for us.
Anyone who is not against us is for us.
41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in [my] name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Anyone who gives a cup of water to you in my name, because you belong to Christ, won't lose their reward, believe me.
42 And whosoever shall be a snare to one of the little ones who believe [in me], it were better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea.
But if anyone leads one of these little ones who trust in me into sin, it would be better for them if they were thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around their neck.
43 And if thy hand serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable; (Geenna g1067)
If your hand leads you to sin, cut it off! It's better to enter eternal life as a cripple than to go with both hands into Gehenna, into the fire that can't be put out. (Geenna g1067)
44 [where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched].
45 And if thy foot serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable; (Geenna g1067)
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It's better to enter eternal life lame than to be thrown into Gehenna still having two feet. (Geenna g1067)
46 [where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched].
47 And if thine eye serve as a snare to thee, cast it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire, (Geenna g1067)
If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out! It's better to enter the kingdom of God with just one eye than to be thrown into Gehenna still having both eyes, (Geenna g1067)
48 where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
where the worm doesn't die and the fire never goes out.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Everybody will be ‘salted’ by fire.
50 Salt [is] good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.
Salt is good, but if it loses its taste, how could you make it salty again? You need to be like salt, and live in peace with one another.”
