Matthew 17
17
1And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,
2and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,
3and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.
4And Peter answering said to Jesus, ‘Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths — for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.’
5While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, ‘This is My Son, — the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.’
6And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,
7and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, ‘Rise, be not afraid,’
8and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.
9And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, ‘Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.’
10And his disciples questioned him, saying, ‘Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?’
11And Jesus answering said to them, ‘Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,
12and I say to you — Elijah did already come, 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.’
13Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.
14And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,
15and saying, ‘Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,
16and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.’
17And Jesus answering said, ‘O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;’
18and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.
19Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, ‘Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?’
20And Jesus said to them, ‘Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,
21and this kind doth not go forth except in prayer and fasting.’
22And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, ‘The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men,
23and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,’ and they were exceeding sorry.
24And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, ‘Your teacher — doth he not pay the didrachms?’ He saith, ‘Yes.’
25And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, ‘What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth — from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?’
26Peter saith to him, ‘From the strangers.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Then are the sons free;
27but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.’
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Matthew 17
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The Transfiguration
(Mk 9.2–13; Lk 9.28–36)
1 #
2 Pet 1.17–18
Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and the brothers James and John and led them up a high mountain where they were alone. 2As they looked on, a change came over Jesus: his face was shining like the sun, and his clothes were dazzling white. 3Then the three disciples saw Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus. 4So Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how good it is that we are here! If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 #
Gen 22.2; Deut 18.15; Ps 2.7; Is 42.1; Mt 3.17; 12.18; Mk 1.11; Lk 3.22 While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased — listen to him!”
6When the disciples heard the voice, they were so terrified that they threw themselves face downwards on the ground. 7Jesus came to them and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don't be afraid!” 8So they looked up and saw no one there but Jesus.
9As they came down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Don't tell anyone about this vision you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from death.”
10 #
Mal 4.5
Then the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”
11 “Elijah is indeed coming first,” answered Jesus, “and he will get everything ready. 12#Mt 11.14But I tell you that Elijah has already come and people did not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. In the same way they will also ill-treat the Son of Man.”
13Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
(Mk 9.14–29; Lk 9.37–43a)
14When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him, 15and said, “Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible fits that he often falls in the fire or into water. 16I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17Jesus answered, “How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me!” 18Jesus gave a command to the demon, and it went out of the boy, and at that very moment he was healed.
19Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we drive the demon out?”
20 #
Mt 21.21; Mk 11.23; 1 Cor 13.2 “It was because you haven't enough faith,” answered Jesus. “I assure you that if you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this hill, ‘Go from here to there!’ and it will go. You could do anything!”#17.20 Some manuscripts add verse 21: But only prayer and fasting can drive this kind out; nothing else can (see Mk 9.29).
Jesus Speaks Again about his Death
(Mk 9.30–32; Lk 9.43b–45)
22When the disciples all came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be handed over to people 23who will kill him; but three days later he will be raised to life.”
The disciples became very sad.
Payment of the Temple Tax
24 #
Ex 30.13; 38.26 When Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the temple tax?”
25“Of course,” Peter answered.
When Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke up first, “Simon, what is your opinion? Who pays duties or taxes to the kings of this world? The citizens of the country or the foreigners?”
26“The foreigners,” answered Peter.
“Well, then,” replied Jesus, “that means that the citizens don't have to pay. 27But we don't want to offend these people. So go to the lake and drop in a line. Pull up the first fish you hook, and in its mouth you will find a coin worth enough for my temple tax and yours. Take it and pay them our taxes.”
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