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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 17 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Matthew 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/16.htm" title="Matthew 16">◄</a> Matthew 17 <a href="../matthew/18.htm" title="Matthew 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Transfiguration</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 9:2-13">Mark 9.2-13</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 9:28-36">Luke 9.28-36</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_1"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.1" class="v40_17_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> 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. </span><span class="v40_17_2"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.2" class="v40_17_2">2</span>As they looked on, a change came over Jesus: his face was shining like the sun, and his clothes were dazzling white. </span><span class="v40_17_3"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.3" class="v40_17_3">3</span>Then the three disciples saw Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus. </span><span class="v40_17_4"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.4" class="v40_17_4">4</span>So 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.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_5"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.5" class="v40_17_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> 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!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_6"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.6" class="v40_17_6">6</span>When the disciples heard the voice, they were so terrified that they threw themselves face downward on the ground. </span><span class="v40_17_7"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.7" class="v40_17_7">7</span>Jesus came to them and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don't be afraid!” </span><span class="v40_17_8"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.8" class="v40_17_8">8</span>So they looked up and saw no one there but Jesus.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_9"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.9" class="v40_17_9">9</span>As 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.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_10"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.10" class="v40_17_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_11"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.11" class="v40_17_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Elijah is indeed coming first,” answered Jesus, “and he will get everything ready. </span><span class="v40_17_12"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.12" class="v40_17_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But 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 mistreat the Son of Man.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_13"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.13" class="v40_17_13">13</span>Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 9:14-29">Mark 9.14-29</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 9:37-43a">Luke 9.37-43a</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_14"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.14" class="v40_17_14">14</span>When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him, </span><span class="v40_17_15"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.15" class="v40_17_15">15</span>and said, “Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible attacks that he often falls in the fire or into water. </span><span class="v40_17_16"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.16" class="v40_17_16">16</span>I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_17"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.17" class="v40_17_17">17</span>Jesus 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!” </span><span class="v40_17_18"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.18" class="v40_17_18">18</span>Jesus gave a command to the demon, and it went out of the boy, and at that very moment he was healed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_19"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.19" class="v40_17_19">19</span>Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we drive the demon out?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_20"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.20" class="v40_17_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “It was because you do not have 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!”<a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.20!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Speaks Again about His Death</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 9:30-32">Mark 9.30-32</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 9:43b-45">Luke 9.43b-45</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_22"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.22" class="v40_17_22">22</span>When the disciples all came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be handed over to those </span><span class="v40_17_23"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.23" class="v40_17_23">23</span>who will kill him; but three days later he will be raised to life.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_23">The disciples became very sad.</span></p><h3 class="s">Payment of the Temple Tax</h3><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_24"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.24" class="v40_17_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.17.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> 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?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_25"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.25" class="v40_17_25">25</span>“Of course,” Peter answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_25">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?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_26"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.26" class="v40_17_26">26</span>“The foreigners,” answered Peter.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_17_26">“Well, then,” replied Jesus, “that means that the citizens don't have to pay. </span><span class="v40_17_27"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.17.27" class="v40_17_27">27</span>But 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.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">17.20: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts add verse 21: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">But only prayer and fasting can drive this kind out; nothing else can </char><char style="ft" closed="false">(see Mk 9.29).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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