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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/matthew/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Transfiguration</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it’s wonderful for us to be here! If you want, I’ll make three shelters as memorials<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Jesus came over and touched them. <span class="red">“Get up,”</span> he said. <span class="red">“Don’t be afraid.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, <span class="red">“Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> has been raised from the dead.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then his disciples asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">But I tell you, Elijah has already come, but he wasn’t recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they will also make the Son of Man suffer.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the Baptist.</p><p class="hdg">Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>At the foot of the mountain, a large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Lord, have mercy on my son. He has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Jesus said, <span class="red">“You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. From that moment the boy was well.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">“You don’t have enough faith,”</span> Jesus told them. <span class="red">“I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a>”</span></p><p class="hdg">Jesus Again Predicts His Death</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After they gathered again in Galilee, Jesus told them, <span class="red">“The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”</span> And the disciples were filled with grief.</p><p class="hdg">Payment of the Temple Tax</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house.</p><p class="reg">But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, <span class="red">“What do you think, Peter?<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered?<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a>”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied.</p><p class="reg"><span class="red">“Well, then,”</span> Jesus said, <span class="red">“the citizens are free!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">However, we don’t want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> Take it and pay the tax for both of us.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">three tabernacles.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:9 </span><span class="ft">“Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:10 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">that Elijah must come first?</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:20 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts add verse 21, </span><span class="it">But this kind of demon won’t leave except by prayer and fasting.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Mark 9:29.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:24 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the two-drachma [tax];</span><span class="ft"> also in 17:24b. See Exod 30:13-16; Neh 10:32-33.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:25a </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Simon?</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:25b </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">their sons or others?</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:27 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">a stater</span><span class="ft"> [a Greek coin equivalent to four drachmas].</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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