Mark 9
1 And He said to them, “Truly I say to you that there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death until they see the Kingdom of God having come in power.”
“I tell you,” he added, “that some of those who are standing here will not know death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come in power.”
2 And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John, and brings them up to a high mountain by themselves, alone, and He was transfigured 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 garments became glittering, exceedingly white, as snow, so as a launderer on the earth is not able to whiten [them].
and his clothes became of a more dazzling white than any bleacher in the world could make them.
4 And there appeared to 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 answering says to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three shelters, for You one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one”:
“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 for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.
For he did not know what to say, because they were much afraid.
7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, hear Him”;
Then a cloud came down and enveloped them; and from the cloud there came a voice — “This is my Son, the Beloved; him you must hear.”
8 and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one anymore, 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 as they are coming down from the mountain, He charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;
As they were going down the mountain-side, Jesus cautioned them not to relate what they had seen to any one, till after the Son of Man should have risen again from the dead.
10 and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.
They seized upon these words and discussed with one another what this ‘rising from the dead’ meant.
11 And they were questioning Him, saying that the scribes say that Elijah must come first.
“How is it,” they asked Jesus, “that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”
12 And He answering said to them, “Elijah indeed, having come first, restores all things; and how has it been written concerning the Son of Man, that He may suffer many things, and be set at 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 also Elijah has come, and they did to him what they willed, as it has been written of 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 having come to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning with 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 immediately, all the multitude having seen Him, were amazed, and running near, were greeting Him.
But, as soon as they saw Jesus, all the people, in great astonishment, ran up and greeted him.
16 And He questioned the scribes, “What do you dispute with them?”
“What are you arguing about with them?” Jesus asked.
17 And one out of the multitude answering said, “Teacher, I brought my son to You, having a mute spirit;
“Teacher,” answered a man in the crowd, “I brought my son to see you, as he has a dumb spirit in him;
18 and wherever it seizes him, it tears him, and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and pines away; and I spoke to Your disciples that they may cast 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 answering him, said, “O generation unbelieving, until when will I be with you? Until when will I suffer you? Bring him to Me”;
“O 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 brought him to Him, and he having seen Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he, having fallen on the earth, was wallowing—foaming.
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 He questioned his father, “How much time is it since this came to him?” And he said, “From childhood,
“How long has he been like this?” Jesus asked the boy’s father.
22 and many times it also cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if You are able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.”
“From his childhood,” he answered; “and 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 to believe! All things are possible to the one that is believing”;
Why say ‘possibly’?” Jesus replied. “Everything is possible for one who has faith.”
24 and immediately the father of the child, having cried out with tears, said, “I believe, Lord; be helping my unbelief.”
The boy’s father immediately cried out: “I have faith; help my want of faith!”
25 Jesus having seen that a multitude runs together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Spirit—mute and deaf—I charge you, come forth out of him, and you may no longer enter 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 having cried, and convulsed him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was 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, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
But Jesus took his hand, and lifted him; and he stood up.
28 And He having come into the house, His disciples were questioning Him by Himself, “Why were we not able to cast it forth?”
When Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately: “Why could not we drive it out?”
29 And He said to them, “This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.”
“A spirit of this kind,” he said, “can be driven out only by prayer.”
30 And having gone forth there, they were passing through Galilee, and He did not wish that any may know,
Leaving that place, Jesus and his disciples went on their way through Galilee; but he did not wish any one to know it,
31 for He was teaching His disciples, and He said to them, “The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and having been killed, the third day He will rise,”
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 they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question Him.
But the disciples did not understand his meaning and were afraid to question him.
33 And He came to Capernaum, and being in the house, He was questioning them, “What were you reasoning in the way among yourselves?”
They came to Capernaum. When Jesus had gone into the house, he asked them: “What were you discussing on the way?”
34 And they were silent, for they reasoned with one another in the way who is greater;
But they were silent; for on the way they had been arguing with one another which was the greatest.
35 and having sat down He called the Twelve, and He says to them, “If any wills to be first, he will be last of all, and minister of all.”
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said: “If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all.”
36 And having taken a child, He set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in His arms, said to them,
Then Jesus took a little child, and placed it in the middle of them. Folding it in his arms, he said to them:
37 “Whoever may receive one of such children in My Name, receives Me, and whoever may receive Me, does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”
“Any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and any one who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his Messenger.”
38 And John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw a certain one casting out demons in Your Name, who does not follow us, and we forbade him, because he does not follow 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 And Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in My Name, and will be readily able to speak 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 for he who is not against us is for us;
He who is not against us is for us.
41 for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in My Name, because you are Christ’s, truly I say to you, he may not lose his reward;
If any one gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you, he shall assuredly not lose his reward.
42 and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in Me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged around his neck, and he has been cast into the sea.
‘And, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly 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 may cause you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands, to go away into Gehenna, into the fire—the unquenchable— (Geenna g1067)
If your hand proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed, than to have both your hands and go into the Pit, into the inextinguishable fire. (Geenna g1067)
44 [[where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.]]
45 And if your foot may cause you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire—the unquenchable— (Geenna g1067)
If your foot proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life lame, than to have both your feet and be thrown into the Pit. (Geenna g1067)
46 [[where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.]]
47 And if your eye may cause you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God one-eyed, than having two eyes, to be cast into the Gehenna of fire— (Geenna g1067)
If your eye proves a snare to you, 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 the Pit, (Geenna g1067)
48 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.’
49 for everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
‘For it is by fire that every one will be salted.
50 The salt [is] good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will you season [it]? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one 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.”
