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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/matthew/">Matthew</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/matthew/17.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/matthew/17.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/matthew/17.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/matthew/17.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/matthew/17.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/matthew/17.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/matthew/17.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Transfiguration<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/9.htm">Mark 9:1–13</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#28">Luke 9:28–36</a>; <a href ="../2_peter/1.htm#16">2 Peter 1:16–21</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will 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="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> Listen to Him!” <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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">“Do not be afraid.”</span> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, <span class="red">“Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”</span> <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”</span> <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><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. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">The Boy with a Demon<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/9.htm#14">Mark 9:14–29</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#37">Luke 9:37–42</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“O unbelieving and perverse 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 here to Me.”</span> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment. <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">The Power of Faith<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/17.htm#5">Luke 17:5–10</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” <A name=""></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Because you have so little faith,”</span> He answered. <span class="red">“For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”</span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="22"></a> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">The Second Prediction of the Passion<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/9.htm#30">Mark 9:30–32</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#43">Luke 9:43–45</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, <span class="red">“The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men. <A name="24"></a><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 to life.”</span> And the disciples were deeply grieved. <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">The Temple Tax<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?” <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Yes,” he answered. <p class="reg"> When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. <span class="red">“What do you think, Simon?”</span> He asked. <span class="red">“From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”</span> <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“From others,” Peter answered. <p class="reg"><span class="red">“Then the sons are exempt,”</span> Jesus declared. <span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”</span></p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>three tabernacles</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../2_peter/1.htm#17">2 Peter 1:17</a><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR include <i><span class="fnv">21</span>But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../mark/9.htm#29">Mark 9:29</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Greek <i>the didrachma</i><span class="thin"> </span>; twice in this verse<br><span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Greek <i>a stater</i><span class="thin"> </span>; that is, a silver coin worth approximately one shekel<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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