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If you want, I will set up<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> three shelters here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When the disciples<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> heard this, they fell facedown and were terrified.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus came up, touched them, and said, <span class="redletter">“Get up; don’t be afraid.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When they looked up they saw no one except Jesus alone.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span class="redletter">“Don’t tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from the dead.”</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So the disciples asked him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Elijah is coming<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and will restore everything,”</span> he replied.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.11.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.</p><h3 class="head1">The Power of Jesus over a Demon</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When they reached the crowd,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> a man approached and knelt down before him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire and often into the water. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.16" /> <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 couldn’t heal him.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="redletter">“You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jesus rebuked the demon,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and it<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.18.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> came out of him,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and from that moment<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.18.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a> the boy was healed.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the disciples approached Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we drive it out? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.20" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Because of your little faith,”</span> he<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.20.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> told them. <span class="redletter">“For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.20.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Nothing will be impossible for you.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.20.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">The Second Prediction of His Death</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.22" /> <A name="22"></a> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>As<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they were gathering together<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> in Galilee, Jesus told them, <span class="redletter">“The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.23" /> <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 up.”</span> And they were deeply distressed.</p><h3 class="head1">Paying the Temple Tax</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the temple tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Yes,” he said.</p><p class="scripture">When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span class="redletter">“What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes? From their sons or from strangers? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.25.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“From strangers,” he said.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter">“Then the sons are free,”</span> Jesus told him. <span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.17.27" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.17.27.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Take it and give it to them for me and you.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.17.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Matthew.17" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.4">17:4</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Let’s make</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.5">17:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">enveloped</span> ; Ex 40:34–35</aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.9">17:9</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Man has risen</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.11">17:11</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">first</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.11.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.11">17:11</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Jesus said to them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.15">17:15</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">he is moonstruck</span> ; thought to be a form of epilepsy</aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.18">17:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">rebuked him</span> or <span class="italic">it</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.18.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.18">17:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the demon</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.18.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.18">17:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">hour</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.20.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.20">17:20</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">your unbelief, Jesus</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.20.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.20">17:20</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">faith like</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.20.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.20">17:20</a></span> Some mss include v. 21: <span class="italic">“However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.”</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.22">17:22</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">were staying</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.25">17:25</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Jesus anticipated him by saying</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.25.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.25">17:25</a></span> Or <span class="italic">foreigners</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.26">17:26</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Peter said to him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.17.27.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.27">17:27</a></span> Gk <span class="italic">stater</span>, worth 2 double-drachmas</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Matthew.17" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.1">17:1-8</a></span> Mk 9:2–8; Lk 9:28–36</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.1">17:1</a></span> Mt 26:37; Mk 5:37</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.2">17:2</a></span> Ps 104:2; Dn 7:9; Mt 28:3; 2Co 3:18; Rv 1:16; 10:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.4">17:4</a></span> Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.5">17:5</a></span> Is 42:1; Mt 3:17; Mk 1:11; Lk 3:22; Ac 3:22; 2Pt 1:16–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.6">17:6</a></span> Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.7">17:7</a></span> Dn 8:18; 9:21; 10:10; Mt 14:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.9">17:9-13</a></span> Mk 9:9–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.10">17:10</a></span> Mal 4:5; Mt 11:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.11">17:11</a></span> Mal 4:6; Lk 1:16–17</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.12">17:12</a></span> Mt 14:3,10; 16:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.14">17:14-21</a></span> Mk 9:14–29; Lk 9:37–43</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.16">17:16</a></span> Mt 10:1; Mk 6:7; Lk 10:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.17">17:17</a></span> Jn 14:9; 20:27; Php 2:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.18">17:18</a></span> Zch 3:2; Mt 8:26; Mk 1:25; Lk 4:35; Jd 9</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.20">17:20</a></span> Mt 21:21–22; Mk 11:23; Lk 17:6; Jn 11:40; 1Co 13:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.20">17:20</a></span> Mk 9:23,29; 13:31</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.22">17:22-23</a></span> Mt 16:21; 20:17; Mk 8:31; 9:30–32; Lk 9:44–45</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.24">17:24</a></span> Ex 30:13; 38:26; Mk 9:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.25">17:25</a></span> Mt 22:17,19; Mk 12:14; Rm 13:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.17.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.17.27">17:27</a></span> Mt 5:29; Jn 6:61</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Matthew.17" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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