< Matthew 17 >

1 And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and his brother John, and brings them up to a high mountain by themselves,
Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and his brother John, with him and they went up a high mountain to be by themselves.
2 and He was transfigured before them, and His face shone as the sun, and His garments became white as the light,
He was transformed in front of them. His face shone like the sun. His clothes turned white as light.
3 and behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking together with Him.
Then suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking together with Jesus.
4 And Peter answering said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good to us to be here; if You will, we may make three shelters here: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Peter spoke up, saying to Jesus, “Lord, it's really good to be here. If you want I'll make three shelters—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 While he is yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delighted; hear Him.”
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my son whom I love, who pleases me. Listen to him.”
6 And the disciples having heard, fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid,
When they heard this, the disciples fell down on their faces, absolutely terrified.
7 and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, “Rise, do not be afraid,”
Jesus went over to them and touched them. “Get up,” he told them. “Don't be afraid.”
8 and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.
When they looked up they didn't see anybody there except Jesus.
9 And as they are coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, “Say to no one the vision, until the Son of Man may rise out of the dead.”
As they descended the mountain Jesus gave them strict instructions. “Don't tell anybody what you saw until the Son of man has risen from the dead,” he told them.
10 And His disciples questioned Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
“So why do the religious teachers say that Elijah has to come first?” his disciples asked.
11 And Jesus answering said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and will restore all things,
“It's true that Elijah comes to put everything in place,” Jesus replied,
12 and I say to you, Elijah already came, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.”
“but I tell you that Elijah has already come and yet people didn't recognize who he was. They did whatever they felt like to him. In the same way the Son of man will also suffer at their hands.”
13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them concerning John the Immerser.
Then the disciples realized that Jesus was referring to John the Baptist.
14 And when they came to the multitude, there came to Him a man, kneeling down to Him,
When they approached the crowd, a man came to Jesus, and kneeled before him.
15 and saying, “Lord, deal kindly with my son, for he is [a] lunatic, and suffers miserably, for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water,
“Lord, please have mercy on my son,” he said. “He loses his mind and suffers such terrible fits that he often falls in the fire or into water.
16 and I brought him near to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him.”
I brought him to your disciples but they couldn't heal him.”
17 And Jesus answering said, “O generation, unsteadfast and perverse, until when will I be with you? Until when will I bear you? Bring him to Me here”;
“You people refuse to trust me, and are so corrupt!” Jesus responded. “How long do I have to remain here with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring him here to me!”
18 and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the boy was healed from that hour.
Jesus confronted the demon and it left the boy, and he was healed straight away.
19 Then the disciples having come to Jesus by Himself, said, “Why were we not able to cast him out?”
Later the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we drive it out?”
20 And Jesus said to them, “Through your want of faith; for truly I say to you, if you may have faith as a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you,
“Because you don't trust enough,” Jesus told them. “I tell you, even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you.”
21 [[and this kind does not go forth except in prayer and fasting.”]]
22 And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
As they were walking together through Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of man is going to be betrayed and people will have power over him.
23 and they will kill Him, and the third day He will rise,” and they were exceedingly sorry.
They will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.” The disciples were filled with sadness.
24 And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachmas came near to Peter and said, “Your teacher—does He not pay the didrachmas?” He says, “Yes.”
When they arrived at Capernaum, those who were in charge of collecting the half-shekel Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Your teacher does pay the half-shekel tax, doesn't he?”
25 And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? The kings of the earth—from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? From their sons or from the strangers?”
“Yes, of course,” Peter replied. When he returned to where they were staying, Jesus anticipated the issue. “What do you think, Simon?” Jesus asked him. “Do the kings of this world collect their taxes and duties from their own sons or from others?”
26 Peter says to Him, “From the strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free;
“From others,” Peter replied. So Jesus told him, “In that case the sons are exempt.
27 but that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that has come up first take up, and having opened its mouth, you will find a stater, that having taken, give to them for Me and you.”
But to avoid giving offense to anyone, go to the lake, and throw out a fishing line with a hook. Pull in the first fish you catch, and when you open its mouth there you'll find a stater coin. Take the coin and give it to them for both me and you.”

< Matthew 17 >