Mark 9
1 And he said to them, “Truly I tell you: some of those standing here will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
2 Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain by themselves, apart from the others. And he was transfigured before them;
3 His clothes became dazzling, intensely white, whiter than any launderer on earth could make them.
4 And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and the two were talking with Jesus.
5 Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
6 For he did not know what to say, because they were terrified.
7 Then a cloud came and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”
8 Suddenly, as they looked around, they saw no one with them anymore except Jesus alone.
9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 They kept this saying to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
11 And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?”
12 He answered, “Elijah does come first and restores everything. And how is it written about the Son of Man that he must suffer greatly and be despised?
13 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, as it is written about him.”
14 When they came to where the disciples were, they saw a large crowd around them, and teachers of the Law arguing with them.
15 As soon as the whole crowd saw him, they were greatly amazed, and they ran up to greet him.
16 He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?”
17 Someone in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a mute spirit;
18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground; he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”
19 He answered them, “O faithless generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.”
20 They brought him to Jesus. As soon as the spirit saw him, it violently shook the boy; he fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21 Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” He said, “Since childhood;
22 It has often thrown him into fire and water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
23 Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’? Everything is possible for the one who believes.”
24 At once the boy’s father cried out, “I believe! Help my unbelief.”
25 When Jesus saw that the crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit: “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him and never enter him again.”
26 The spirit cried out and shook him violently, then came out. The boy looked like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stood.
28 When Jesus went into a house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
29 He said to them, “This kind can come out only through prayer.”
30 Leaving that place, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know;
31 for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into human hands, and they will kill him; and after he is killed, he will rise three days later.”
32 But they did not understand this saying, and they were afraid to ask him.
33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
34 They were silent, because on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.
35 He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
36 Then he took a child, placed the child among them, and, taking the child in his arms, said to them:
37 “Whoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me, but the one who sent me.”
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in your name, and we stopped him because he was not following us.”
39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, because no one who performs a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.
40 For whoever is not against us is for us.
41 For whoever gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, truly I tell you, will not lose their reward.
42 And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for that person if a great millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than, with both hands, to go to Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.
45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than, with both feet, to be thrown into Gehenna.
47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than, with both eyes, to be thrown into Gehenna,
48 where their worm does not die and the fire is not put out.
49 For everyone will be salted with fire.
50 Salt is good; but if the salt loses its flavor, what will you season it with? Have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with one another.”
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