Matthew 17
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1After six days Yeshua [God is Salvation] took Kefa [pebble], Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] and Yochanan [Yah is gracious] his brother and brought them to a high mountain where he might pray.
2While he was praying he was changed before them and the skin of his face shone like the sun and his garments became white like snow.
3Then Moshe [drawn out] and Eliyahu [my God is Yah], while speaking with him, were revealed to them and they told Yeshua [God is Salvation] all which would happen to him in Yerushalayim [abode of peace]. Kefa [pebble] and his companions were asleep. Asleep but not asleep; awake but not awake. They saw his body and the two men with him.
4When they went away, then Kefa [pebble] said to Yeshua [God is Salvation]: ‘It is good to be here. Let us make here three tabernacles, one for you, one for Moshe [drawn out], and one for Eliyahu [my God is Yah]’, because he did not know what he was saying.
5While he was still speaking, behold a cloud covered them and they were greatly alarmed. While they were under the cloud they heard from the midst of the cloud a voice speaking and saying: “Behold, this is My Son My beloved, My delight is in him, you shall obey him”
6The disciples heard, fell on their faces to the ground, and feared exceedingly.
7When the Voice ceased, Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: “Arise, do not fear”
8They lifted up their eyes and saw no one except Yeshua [God is Salvation] alone.
9Yeshua [God is Salvation] came down from the mountain and commanded them saying: “Tell no man the vision you have seen until the Son of Man has risen from death”.
10His disciples asked him saying: “Why do the Torah-teachers (Scribes) say that Eliyahu [my God is Yah] will come first?
11He answered them and said: “Indeed Eliyahu [my God is Yah] will come and will restore to repentance all the world”.
12“I say to you, he has already come, they did not know him, and they did to him according to their desire. So they will do to the Son of Man”.
13Then the disciples understood that regarding Yochanan [Yah is gracious] the Baptizer he was saying this.
14It came to pass when he approached the crowds, a man came to him, bowing on his knees.
15He said: ‘Have mercy on me my Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth], and pity my son because he is terrified of an evil Spirit [Ruach] and is very sick. He grinds his teeth, foams at his mouth, falls from his place to the ground, and falls sometimes into fire and sometimes into water’.
16I brought him to your disciples, but they were unable to heal him.
17Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered and said: “Evil generation, woe to you who deny me; how long will I be with you, how long will I bear your trouble? Bring him to me”.
18And Yeshua [God is Salvation] rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured at once.
19The disciples drew near to Yeshua [God is Salvation] secretly and said to him: “Why were we not able to cast it out”
20He said to them: “Because of the limitation of your faith. Truly I say to you, if there be any faith in you, as a grain of mustard, if you believe, you will say to this mountain depart and it will depart; nothing will be withheld from you.”
21“But this kind of demon does not come out except by prayer and fasting.
22They were in Galil [circuit] and Yeshua [God is Salvation] said: “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hand of men”
23“They will kill him and on the third day he will arise”.
24The came to K’far-Nachum [town of comfort] -Marta [she was rebellious] and the tax collectors drew near to Kefa [pebble] and said to him: “Your teacher does not follow the custom to pay tax”
25Thus they spoke. He went into the house and Yeshua [God is Salvation] anticipated him saying to Kefa [pebble] “What is your judgment Kefa [pebble], the kings of the earth, from whom do they take tribute, from their sons or from foreigners?”
26He answered him: “From foreigners”. Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to him: “If so, then, the sons are free”. Then he said: “Do not be dismayed because of this”.
27He said to Kefa [pebble] “Go to the sea and cast a fishing hook and fish with it, because, in the mouth of the one you will catch first, you will find a silver coin. That you will give for us”
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Matthew 17
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The true glory of Jesus
(Mark 9.2-13; Luke 9.28-36)
1Six days later Jesus took Peter and the brothers James and John with him. They went up on a very high mountain where they could be alone.#2 P 1.17,18. 2There in front of the disciples, Jesus was completely changed. His face was shining like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
3All at once Moses and Elijah were there talking with Jesus. 4So Peter said to him, “Lord, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5While Peter was still speaking, the shadow of a bright cloud passed over them. From the cloud a voice said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him. Listen to what he says!”#Gn 22.2; Ps 2.7; Is 42.1; Mt 3.17; 12.18; Mk 1.11; Lk 3.22; Dt 18.15. 6When the disciples heard the voice, they were so afraid that they fell flat on the ground. 7But Jesus came over and touched them. He said, “Get up and don't be afraid!” 8When they opened their eyes, they saw only Jesus.
9On their way down from the mountain, Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had been raised from death.
10The disciples asked Jesus, “Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?”#Ml 4.5.
11Jesus told them, “Elijah certainly will come and get everything ready. 12In fact, he has already come. But the people did not recognize him and treated him just as they wanted to. They will soon make the Son of Man suffer in the same way.”#Mt 11.14. 13Then the disciples understood that Jesus was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Jesus heals a boy
(Mark 9.14-29; Luke 9.37-43a)
14Jesus and his disciples returned to the crowd. A man knelt in front of him 15and said, “Lord, have pity on my son! He has a bad case of epilepsy and often falls into a fire or into water. 16I brought him to your disciples, but none of them could heal him.”
17Jesus said, “You people are too stubborn to have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here.” 18Then Jesus spoke sternly to the demon. It went out of the boy, and at once he was healed.
19Later the disciples went to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we force out the demon?”
20-21Jesus replied:#Mt 21.21; Mk 11.23; 1 Co 13.2.
It is because you don't have enough faith! But I can promise you this. If you had faith no larger than a mustard seed, you could tell this mountain to move from here to there. And it would. Everything would be possible for you.#17.20,21 for you: Some manuscripts add, “But the only way to force out that kind of demon is by praying and going without eating.”
Jesus again speaks about his death
(Mark 9.30-32; Luke 9.43b-45)
22While Jesus and his disciples were going from place to place in Galilee, he told them, “The Son of Man will be handed over to people 23who will kill him. But three days later he will rise to life.” All this made the disciples very sad.
Paying the temple tax
24When Jesus and the others arrived in Capernaum, the collectors for the temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the temple tax?”#Ex 30.13-15; 38.26.
25“Yes, he does,” Peter answered.
After they had returned home, Jesus went up to Peter and asked him, “Simon, what do you think? Do the kings of this earth collect taxes and fees from their own people or from foreigners?”#17.25 from their own people or from foreigners: Or “from their children or from others”.
26Peter answered, “From foreigners.”
Jesus replied, “Then their own people#17.26 From foreigners…their own people: Or “From other people…their children”. don't have to pay. 27But we don't want to cause trouble. So go and cast a line into the lake and pull out the first fish you hook. Open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Use it to pay your taxes and mine.”
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