Mark 9
1 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.”
And He said to them, “I tell you assuredly: there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Kingdom of God present with power.”
2 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.
After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John and led them up on a high mountain alone by themselves. Then He was transfigured in front of them;
3 His clothes shone a brilliant white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them.
His clothing became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth is able to whiten.
4 Then Elijah and Moses appeared in front of them as well, talking with Jesus.
And Elijah appeared to them, along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus.
5 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.”
Well Peter reacted by saying to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three shelters: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
6 (He really didn't know what to say because they were all so frightened!)
(Because they were terrified, he didn't know what to say.)
7 Then a cloud covered them, and a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the one I love. Listen to him.”
With that a cloud was covering them and a Voice came out of the cloud: “This is my Son, the beloved. Listen to Him!”
8 Then, all of a sudden, as they were watching, there was nobody. Only Jesus was with them.
And then, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
9 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.
Now as they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them not to recount to any one the things they had seen until the Son of the Man had risen from the dead.
10 They kept this to themselves, but they did argue with each other over what it meant to rise from the dead.
So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the ‘rising from the dead’ meant.
11 “Why do the religious teachers state that Elijah has to come first?” they asked him.
And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 “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?
So in answer He said to them: “Elijah indeed does come first, and restores all things; also how it is written concerning the Son of the Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt.
13 However, I tell you that Elijah has come, and they abused him in whatever way they wanted, just as Scripture said they would.”
Still, I say to you that ‘Elijah’ has also come, and they did to him as they wished, as it is written about him.”
14 When they returned to the other disciples, they saw them surrounded by a large crowd and some religious teachers arguing with them.
Upon coming to the disciples, He saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.
15 As soon as the crowd saw Jesus they were in total awe, and ran to greet him.
Well as soon as the crowd saw Him they were excited and ran to greet Him.
16 “What are you arguing with them about?” Jesus asked them.
He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”
17 One of the people in the crowd answered, “Rabbi, I brought my son to you. He has an evil spirit that prevents him speaking.
In answer a man in the crowd said: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit.
18 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.”
And wherever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. Indeed, I spoke to your disciples, that they might cast it out, but they could not.”
19 “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!”
But He answered him by saying: “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you, how long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me!”
20 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.
So they brought him to Him. Upon seeing Him the spirit convulsed him, and falling to the ground he started wallowing, foaming at the mouth.
21 “How long has he had this?” Jesus asked the boy's father. “Since he was small,” the father replied.
Then He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said: “From childhood.
22 “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.”
Really, it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
23 “Why do you say, ‘if you can?’” replied Jesus. “Whoever trusts has every power!”
Jesus said to him, “It's ‘if you can believe’; all things are possible to the one who believes.”
24 “I do trust in you,” the man shouted out right away. “Help me not to distrust you.”
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 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.”
When Jesus saw that the crowd was running up, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I am commanding you, get out of him and never enter him again!”
26 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.”
Then it yelled, convulsed him violently, and came out. Well he looked to be dead; so much so that many said, “He's dead.”
27 But Jesus took the boy by the hand and helped him up, and he got to his feet.
But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stayed on his feet.
28 Later, when Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him in private, “Why couldn't we drive the evil spirit out?”
Well upon His entering a house His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn't we cast it out?”
29 “This kind can't be driven out except by prayer,” Jesus told them.
He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing except prayer and fasting.”
30 They left and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to know where he was
Having gone out from there they were passing through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know;
31 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.”
because He was teaching His disciples and saying to them, “The Son of the Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and once killed he will rise on the third day.”
32 They didn't understand what he meant and were too afraid to ask him about it.
But they were not understanding this information, yet were afraid to ask Him.
33 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?”
Then He came to Capernaum; and once in the house He asked them, “What were you debating among yourselves on the road?”
34 But they didn't say anything because they had been arguing over who was the most important.
But they kept silent, because on the road they had debated among themselves who was greater.
35 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.
So He sat down, called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
36 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,
Then He took a child and stood him in their midst, and embracing him said to them,
37 “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.”
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not only me, but the One who sent me.”
38 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.”
So John answered Him saying, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, one who doesn't follow us; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us.”
39 “Don't stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who is doing miracles in my name can curse me at the same time.
But Jesus said: “Do not forbid him, because no one who works a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.
40 Anyone who is not against us is for us.
For he who is not against you is for you.
41 Anyone who gives a cup of water to you in my name, because you belong to Christ, won't lose their reward, believe me.
Further, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, I tell you with certainty, he will by no means lose his reward.
42 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.
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe into me to fall, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43 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)
Further, if your hand is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life maimed than having both hands to go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire— (Geenna g1067)
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
45 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)
And if your foot is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life lame than having both feet to be thrown into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire— (Geenna g1067)
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
47 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)
And if your eye is causing you to fall, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than having both eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire— (Geenna g1067)
48 where the worm doesn't die and the fire never goes out.
where ‘the worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
49 Everybody will be ‘salted’ by fire.
“Further, everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
50 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.”
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
