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After six days Jesus
took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a
high mountain by themselves.
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There he was
transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes
became as white as the light.
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Just then there
appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
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Peter said to Jesus,
“Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three
shelters —
one for you, one for Moses and one
for Elijah.”
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While he was still
speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said,
“This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
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When the disciples
heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.
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But Jesus came and
touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t
be afraid.”
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When they looked up,
they saw no one except Jesus. |
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As they were coming
down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t
tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from
the dead.”
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The disciples asked
him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
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Jesus replied,
“To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all
things.
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But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and
they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In
the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”
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Then the disciples
understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
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When they came to
the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.
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“Lord, have mercy on
my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often
falls into the fire or into the water.
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I brought him to
your disciples, but they could not heal him.” |
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“O unbelieving and perverse generation,”
Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you?
How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
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Jesus rebuked the
demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
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Then the disciples
came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t
we drive it out?”
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He replied,
“Because you have so little faith. I tell you
the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this
mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be
impossible for you.”
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When they came
together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son
of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.
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They will kill him, and on the third day he will
be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
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After Jesus and his
disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the twodrachma tax came to
Peter and asked, “Doesn’t
your teacher pay the temple tax?”
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“Yes, he does,” he
replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What
do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From
whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes
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from
their own sons or from others?”
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“From others,” Peter
answered. “Then the sons are exempt,”
Jesus said to him.
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“But so that we may not offend them, go to the
lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth
and you will find a fourdrachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my
tax and yours.” |
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