Mark 9
1 And he said to them: Verily I say to you, There are some standing here, who will not taste of death, until they shall see the kingdom of God to be coming with power.
He went on to say, "In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in power."
2 And after six days, Jesus took Cephas and James and John, and led them to a high mountain, apart; and was transformed before them.
Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.
3 And his raiment shone and was very white, like snow, so as men on earth can never whiten.
His garments also became dazzling with brilliant whiteness--such whiteness as no bleaching on earth could give.
4 And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, in conversation with Jesus.
Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two were conversing with Jesus,
5 And Cephas said to him: Rabbi, it is delightful for us to be here. And let us make three booths; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
when Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
6 But he did not know what he said, for they were in trepidation.
For he knew not what to say: they were filled with such awe.
7 And there was a cloud, and it overshadowed them. And a voice issued from the cloud, which said: This is my beloved Son. Hear ye him.
Then there came a cloud spreading over them, and a voice issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, dearly loved: listen to Him."
8 And suddenly, when the disciples looked up, they saw no one with them, except Jesus only.
Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and Jesus.
9 And as they descended the mountain, he commanded them to tell no man what they had seen, till after the Son of man should be risen from the dead.
As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."
10 And they kept that saying in their mind; and inquired, What doth this saying mean: " When he shall be risen from the dead!"
So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.
11 And they asked him, and said: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come?
They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
12 He said to them: Elijah truly first cometh, to prepare all things: and, as it is written of the Son of man, he will suffer much, and be rejected.
"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?
13 But I say to you: That Elijah hath come; and they have done to him all that they desired, as it was written of him.
Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."
14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude with them, and the Scribes disputing with them.
As they came to rejoin the disciples, they saw an immense crowd surrounding them and a party of Scribes disputing with them.
15 And immediately the multitude saw him, and were surprised: and they ran and saluted him.
Immediately the whole multitude on beholding Him were astonished and awe-struck, and yet they ran forward and greeted Him.
16 And he asked the Scribes: What were ye disputing with them?
"What is the subject you are discussing?" He asked them.
17 And one of the multitude replied, and said: Teacher, I have brought to thee my son, who hath a spirit that will not speak.
"Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him;
18 And wherever he seizeth him, he shaketh and teareth him: and he gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples, to cast him out; and they could not.
and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power."
19 Jesus answered, and said to them: O incredulous generation! How long shall I be with you? how long bear with you? Bring him to me.
"O unbelieving generation!" replied 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 when the spirit saw him, immediately he shook him; and he fell upon the ground, and wallowed and foamed.
So they brought him to Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus, immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
21 And Jesus asked his father, how long a time he had been thus. He said to him: Lo, from his childhood.
Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?" "From early childhood," he said;
22 And many times it hath thrown him into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him. But, if thou canst do any thing, aid me and have compassion on me.
"and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us."
23 Jesus said to him: If thou canst believe; every thing can be, to him that believeth.
"'If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is possible to him who believes."
24 And immediately the father of the child cried out, while he wept and said: I believe; aid thou the defect of my faith.
Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith."
25 And when Jesus saw that the people were, running and collecting around him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to him: Thou deaf and unspeaking spirit, I command thee, come out of him; and no more enter him.
Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter into him again."
26 And the demon cried out greatly, and bruised him, and came out. And he was as a dead person; so that many would say, he is dead.
So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;
27 And Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up.
but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood on his feet.
28 And when Jesus entered the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why could not we cast him out?
After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, "How is it that we could not expel the spirit?"
29 He saith to them: This kind can come out, by nothing but fasting and prayer.
"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."
30 And when he departed from there, they passed through Galilee: and he desired that no one might know him.
Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;
31 For he taught his disciples, and said to them: The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day, he will rise.
for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and after being put to death, in three days He will rise to life again."
32 But they did not understand that speech; and they were afraid to ask him.
They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question Him.
33 And they came to Capernaum. And when they entered the house, he asked them: What disputed ye among yourselves by the way?
So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?"
34 And they were silent; for by the way they had contended with one another, which should be the great among them.
But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them.
35 And Jesus sat down, and called the twelve, and said to them: Whoever would be first, let him be last of all, and servitor to all.
Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms and said to them:
And taking a young child He made him stand in their midst, then threw His arms round him and said,
37 Whoever receiveth one in my name, like this child, he receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth not me only, but him that sent me.
"Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me."
38 John said to him: Rabbi, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he adhereth not to us.
"Rabbi," said John to Him, "we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not follow us."
39 Jesus said to them: Forbid him not; for there is no one who doeth mighty works in my name, that can readily speak evil of me.
"You should not have tried to hinder him," replied Jesus, "for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me.
40 Whoever therefore is not against you, is for you.
He who is not against us is for us;
41 For whoever shall give you to drink a cup of water only, on the ground that ye are Messiah's followers, verily I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
and whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, I solemnly tell you that he will certainly not lose his reward.
42 And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble, it were better for him, if a millstone were put to his neck, and he cast into the sea.
"And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.
43 And if thy hand make thee offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than, having two hands, to go into hell; (Geenna g1067)
If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed, than remain in possession of both your hands and go away into Gehenna, into the fire which cannot be put out. (Geenna g1067)
44 where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not extinguished.
45 And if thy foot make thee offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lamed, than, having two feet, to fall into hell; (Geenna g1067)
Or if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life crippled, than remain in possession of both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
46 where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not extinguished.
47 And if thy eye make thee offend, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter with one eye into the kingdom of God, than, having two eyes, to fall into the hell of fire; (Geenna g1067)
Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna, (Geenna g1067)
48 where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not extinguished.
where their worm does not die and the fire does not go out.
49 For every thing will be salted with fire; and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
Every one, however, will be salted with fire.
50 Salt is a good thing: but if the salt become insipid, with what will it be salted? Let there be salt in you: and be ye in peace, one with another.
Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."
