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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 NET Bible</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">NET Bible</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">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/matthew/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Transfiguration</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters – one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Do not be afraid.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The disciples asked him, “Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He answered, “Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.</p> <p class="title">The Disciples’ Failure to Heal</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”</p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>[[EMPTY]] <p class="title"></p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they became greatly distressed.</p> <p class="title">The Temple Tax</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes – from their sons or from foreigners?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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