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There He was transfigured before them. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span>—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For they were all so terrified that Peter did not know what else to say. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!” <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Suddenly, when they looked around, they saw no one with them except Jesus. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He replied, <span class="red">“Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected? <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”</span> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">The Boy with an Evil Spirit<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/17.htm#14">Matthew 17:14–18</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#37">Luke 9:37–42</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“What are you disputing with them?”</span> He asked. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.” <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“O unbelieving generation!”</span> Jesus replied. <span class="red">“How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”</span> <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So they brought him, and seeing Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Jesus asked the boy’s father, <span class="red">“How long has this been with him?”</span> <p class="reg">“From childhood,” he said. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“If You can?”</span> echoed Jesus. <span class="red">“All things are possible to him who believes!”</span> <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Immediately the boy’s father cried out,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> “I do believe; help my unbelief!” <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. <span class="red">“You deaf and mute spirit,”</span> He said, <span class="red">“I command you to come out and never enter him again.”</span> <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.” <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up. <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="red">“This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”</span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="31"></a><p class="hdg">The Second Prediction of the Passion<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/17.htm#22">Matthew 17:22–23</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#43">Luke 9:43–45</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know, <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, <span class="red">“The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”</span> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it. <A name="34"></a><p class="hdg">The Greatest in the Kingdom<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/18.htm">Matthew 18:1–5</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#46">Luke 9:46–50</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, <span class="red">“What were you discussing on the way?”</span> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest. <A name="36"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, <span class="red">“If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”</span> <A name="37"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then He had a little child stand among them. Taking the child in His arms, He said to them, <A name="38"></a><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”</span> <A name="39"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.” <A name="40"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>“Do not stop him,”</span> Jesus replied. <span class="red">“For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>For whoever is not against us is for us. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.</span> <A name="43"></a><p class="hdg">Temptations and Trespasses<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/18.htm#7">Matthew 18:6–9</a>; <a href ="../luke/17.htm">Luke 17:1–4</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea. <A name=""></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> into the unquenchable fire.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="45"></a> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="47"></a> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="50"></a><p class="hdg">Good Salt<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/5.htm#13">Matthew 5:13–16</a>; <a href ="../luke/14.htm#34">Luke 14:34–35</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>For everyone will be salted with fire.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/9-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>three tabernacles</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>and is withering away</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR <i>cried out with tears</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> BYZ and TR <i>prayer and fasting</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">43</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Greek <i>Gehenna</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verses 45 and 47<br><span class="fnverse">43</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> BYZ and TR include <i><span class="fnv">44</span>where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see verse 48 and <a href="../isaiah/66.htm#24">Isaiah 66:24</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">45</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> BYZ and TR include <i><span class="fnv">46</span>where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see verse 48 and <a href="../isaiah/66.htm#24">Isaiah 66:24</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">48</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <a href="../isaiah/66.htm#24">Isaiah 66:24</a><br><span class="fnverse">49</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> BYZ and TR include <i>and every sacrifice will be salted with salt</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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