Mark 9 — Greek text and reception

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He said to them, “Truly I tell you, some standing here will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come in power.”

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After six days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with Him and brought them up a high mountain privately, alone. He was transfigured before them,

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and His clothes became gleaming, exceedingly white, as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

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Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

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Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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For he did not know what to answer, because they had become terrified.

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A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son; listen to Him.”

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Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus alone.

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As they came down from the mountain, He ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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They kept the word to themselves, discussing what rising from the dead meant.

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They questioned Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first and restores all things. Yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

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But I tell you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him.”

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When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them.

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Immediately the whole crowd saw Him and was greatly astonished. They ran up and greeted Him.

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He asked them, “What are you disputing among yourselves?”

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One from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a speechless spirit.

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Wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; he foams, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I told Your disciples to cast it out, but they did not have the strength.”

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He answered them, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.”

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They brought him to Him. When the spirit saw Him, it immediately convulsed the boy; falling on the ground, he rolled about, foaming.

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He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” He said, “From childhood.

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Often it has thrown him both into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

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Jesus said to him, “‘If You can’! All things are possible for the one who believes.”

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Immediately the child's father cried out and said, “I believe! Help my unbelief!”

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Seeing that a crowd was running together, Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Speechless and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him, and enter him no more.”

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Crying out and convulsing him violently, it came out. The boy became like a dead person, so that most of them said, “He has died.”

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But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him, and he stood up.

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When He entered a house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”

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He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing except prayer.”

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They left there and passed through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know.

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For He was teaching His disciples and saying to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over into human hands, and they will kill Him. After He is killed, He will rise after three days.”

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But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

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They came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

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They remained silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another who was greatest.

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He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

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He took a child, stood the child among them, and, embracing the child, said to them,

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“Whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me but the One who sent Me.”

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John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”

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Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in My name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

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For whoever is not against us is for us.

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Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in recognition that you belong to Christ, truly I tell you, will certainly not lose his reward.

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Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble—it would be better for him if a donkey-driven millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

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If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.

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If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into Gehenna.

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If your eye causes you to stumble, cast 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 Gehenna,

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where their worm does not die and the fire is not extinguished.

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For everyone will be salted with fire.

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Salt is good; but if salt becomes saltless, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”