Mark:9:2-13

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* Six days later , Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain . They were all alone . There in their presence he became transfigured . * His clothes became dazzlingly white , with a whiteness that no bleacher on earth can impart . * Then Moses and Elijah appeared to them and conversed with Jesus . * Peter said to Jesus , "Rabbi , it is fine for us to be here . Let us make three tents , one for you , one for Moses , and one for Elijah ." * For he did not know what to say , they were so frightened . * Then a cloud overshadowed them and there came a voice out of the cloud , "This is my beloved son , hear him ." * Then suddenly as they looked around they no longer saw any one , but Jesus only , with themselves . * When they were descending the mountain , he told them not to tell any one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead . * This command they kept , but debated among themselves what the rising from the dead was . * They asked him , "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first ?" * He said , riversident @Mark:9:13 " /> * When they came to his disciples , they saw a great crowd around them and scribes debating with them . * At once the whole crowd saw him and were amazed , and they ran to him and welcomed him . * He asked them , * One of the crowd answered , "Teacher , I have brought my son to you . He has a dumb spirit , * and whenever it attacks him it convulses him and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth . He is wasting away . I asked your disciples to cast it out , but they had not the power ." * Jesus answered , * They brought him to him . As soon as the spirit saw Jesus , he convulsed the boy so that he fell on the ground and rolled about , foaming at the mouth . * Jesus asked the father , He said , "From early childhood . * Often it has thrown him into the fire or into the water to destroy him . But if you can do anything , have pity on us and help us ." * Jesus said , * At once the father of the child cried out , "I believe ; help my unbelief ." * Jesus saw that the crowd was rapidly increasing , so he rebuked the impure spirit with the words , * He screamed and convulsed the boy and came out . The boy looked like a corpse , so that most of them said , "He is dead ." * But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him and he stood up . * After he had gone into the house , his disciples asked him privately , "Why were we not able to cast it out ?" * He said , * After leaving there , they were passing through Galilee , and he did not wish any one to know it . * For he was teaching his disciples and telling them that the Son of Man would be betrayed into the hands of men and that they would kill him , and that three days after being killed he would rise . * But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to question him . * They came to Capernaum . After entering the house , Jesus asked them , * They were silent , for on the road they had disputed among themselves which was the greatest . * Taking a seat he called the twelve , and said , * Then he took a little child and placed him in the midst of them , and , putting his arms around him , said , riversident @Mark:9:37 " /> * John said to him , "Teacher , we saw a man casting out demons in your name \'97 a man who does not follow us \'97 and we told him not to do it , because he does not follow us ." * Jesus said , riversident @Mark:9:40 " /> riversident @Mark:9:41 " /> riversident @Mark:9:42 " /> riversident @Mark:9:43 " /> riversident @Mark:9:44 " /> riversident @Mark:9:45 " /> riversident @Mark:9:46 " /> riversident @Mark:9:47 " /> riversident @Mark:9:48 " /> riversident @Mark:9:49 " /> riversident @Mark:9:50 " />

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