Matthew 17
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The Transfiguration
1After six days # Mk 9:2-8; Lk 9:28-36 Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. # Mt 26:37; Mk 5:37 2He was transformed # Or transfigured in front of them, and His face shone like the sun. Even His clothes became as white as the light. # Ps 104:2; Dn 7:9; Mt 28:3; 2Co 3:18; Rv 1:16; 10:1 3Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
4Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it’s good for us to be here! If You want, I will make # Other mss read wish, let’s make three tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” # Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33
5While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered # Or enveloped ; Ex 40:34-35 them, and a voice from the cloud said:
This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him.
Listen to Him! # Is 42:1; Mt 3:17; Mk 1:11; Lk 3:22; Ac 3:22; 2Pt 1:16-18
6When the disciples # Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 heard it, they fell facedown and were terrified.
7Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.” # Dn 8:18; 9:21; 10:10; Mt 14:27 8When they looked up they saw no one except Him # Other mss omit Him — Jesus alone. 9As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, # Mk 9:9-13 “Don’t tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised # Other mss read Man has risen from the dead.”
10So the disciples questioned Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ” # Mal 4:5; Mt 11:14
11“Elijah is coming # Other mss add first and will restore everything,” He replied. # Other mss read Jesus said to them # Mal 4:6; Lk 1:16-17 12“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” # Lit suffer by them # Mt 14:3,10; 16:21 13Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.
The Power of Faith over a Demon
14When they reached the crowd, # Mk 9:14-29; Lk 9:37-43 a man approached and knelt down before Him. 15“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures # Lit he is moonstruck ; thought to be a form of epilepsy and suffers severely. He often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16I brought him to Your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.” # Mt 10:1; Mk 6:7; Lk 10:17
17Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious # Or corrupt, or perverted, or twisted ; Dt 32:5 generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.” # Jn 14:9; 20:27; Php 2:15 18Then Jesus rebuked the demon, # Lit rebuked him or it and it # Lit the demon came out of him, # Zch 3:2; Mt 8:26; Mk 1:25; Lk 4:35; Jd 9 and from that moment # Lit hour the boy was healed.
19Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we drive it out? ”
20“Because of your little faith,” He # Other mss read your unbelief,” Jesus told them. “For I assure you: If you have faith the size of # Lit faith like a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. # Mt 21:21-22; Mk 11:23; Lk 17:6; Jn 11:40; 1Co 13:2 Nothing will be impossible for you. # Mk 9:23; 13:31 21However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting. ” # Other mss omit bracketed text; Mk 9:29
The Second Prediction of His Death
22As # Mt 16:21; 20:17; Mk 8:31; 9:30-32; Lk 9:44-45 they were meeting # Other mss read were staying in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men. 23They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.” And they were deeply distressed.
Paying the Temple Tax
24When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax # Jewish men paid this tax to support the temple; Ex 30:11-16. A double-drachma could purchase 2 sheep. approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax? ” # Ex 30:13; 38:26; Mk 9:33
25“Yes,” he said.
When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, # Lit Jesus anticipated him by saying “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers? ” # Or foreigners # Mt 22:17,19; Mk 12:14; Rm 13:7
26“From strangers,” he said. # Other mss read Peter said to Him
“Then the sons are free,” Jesus told him. 27“But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin. # Gk stater, worth 2 double-drachmas Take it and give it to them for Me and you.” # Mt 5:29; Jn 6:61
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Matthew 17
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1 AND SIX days after this, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
2 And His appearance underwent a change in their presence; and His face shone clear and bright like the sun, and His clothing became as white as light.
3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who kept talking with Him.
4 Then Peter began to speak and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good and delightful that we are here; if You approve, I will put up three booths here–one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah.
5 While he was still speaking, behold, a shining cloud [composed of light] overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is My Son, My Beloved, with Whom I am [and have always been] delighted. Listen to Him! [Ps. 2:7; Isa. 42:1.]
6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were seized with alarm and struck with fear.
7 But Jesus came and touched them and said, Get up, and do not be afraid.
8 And when they raised their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
9 And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned and commanded them, Do not mention to anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.
10 The disciples asked Him, Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
11 He replied, Elijah does come and will get everything restored and ready.
12 But I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know or recognize him, but did to him as they liked. So also the Son of Man is going to be treated and suffer at their hands.
13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist. [Mal. 4:5.]
14 And when they approached the multitude, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying,
15 Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water.
16 And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to cure him.
17 And Jesus answered, O you unbelieving (warped, wayward, rebellious) and thoroughly perverse generation! How long am I to remain with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to Me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out?
20 He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
21 But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
22 When they were going about here and there in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men.
23 And they will kill Him, and He will be raised [to life] again on the third day. And they were deeply and exceedingly grieved and distressed.
24 When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the half shekel [the temple tax] went up to Peter and said, Does not your Teacher pay the half shekel? [Exod. 30:13; 38:26.]
25 He answered, Yes. And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him [about it] first, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly rulers collect duties or tribute–from their own sons or from others not of their own family?
26 And when Peter said, From other people not of their own family, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are exempt.
27 However, in order not to give offense and cause them to stumble [that is, to cause them to judge unfavorably and unjustly] go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find there a shekel. Take it and give it to them to pay the temple tax for Me and for yourself.
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