Mark 9
1 Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth: some standing here won't die before they see the kingdom of God having come with power.”
He said to them, "Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."
2 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and led them up a high mountain to be by themselves. His appearance totally changed.
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.
3 His clothes shone a brilliant white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them.
His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
4 Then Elijah and Moses appeared in front of them as well, talking with Jesus.
Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Peter spoke up and said, “Rabbi, it's great for us to be here! We should make three shelters—one each for you, Moses, and Elijah.”
Peter said to 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."
6 (He really didn't know what to say because they were all so frightened!)
For he did not know what to answer, for they became very afraid.
7 Then a cloud covered them, and a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the one I love. Listen to him.”
A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
8 Then, all of a sudden, as they were watching, there was nobody. Only Jesus was with them.
Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.
9 As they came down the mountain Jesus instructed them not to tell anyone what they'd seen until the Son of man had risen from the dead.
As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 They kept this to themselves, but they did argue with each other over what it meant to rise from the dead.
They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
11 “Why do the religious teachers state that Elijah has to come first?” they asked him.
They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
12 “It's true that Elijah comes first to prepare everything,” Jesus replied. “But why then does it say in Scripture that the Son of man has to suffer so much and be treated with contempt?
And he said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. And why is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be rejected?
13 However, I tell you that Elijah has come, and they abused him in whatever way they wanted, just as Scripture said they would.”
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
14 When they returned to the other disciples, they saw them surrounded by a large crowd and some religious teachers arguing with them.
And when they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes questioning them.
15 As soon as the crowd saw Jesus they were in total awe, and ran to greet him.
Immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.
16 “What are you arguing with them about?” Jesus asked them.
He asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?"
17 One of the people in the crowd answered, “Rabbi, I brought my son to you. He has an evil spirit that prevents him speaking.
And one out of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
18 Whenever he has a seizure it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and he becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they couldn't do it.”
and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
19 “You unbelieving people!” Jesus responded. “How long must I remain here with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring him over here to me!”
And answering, he said to them, "You unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me."
20 So they brought him to Jesus. When the evil spirit saw Jesus it immediately sent the boy into convulsions and threw him on the ground, where he rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
21 “How long has he had this?” Jesus asked the boy's father. “Since he was small,” the father replied.
He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.
22 “Often it throws him into the fire to burn him to death, or throws him into water to drown him. Please have mercy on us and help, if you can.”
And it has often cast him both into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
23 “Why do you say, ‘if you can?’” replied Jesus. “Whoever trusts has every power!”
Jesus said to him, "'If you can?' All things are possible to him who believes."
24 “I do trust in you,” the man shouted out right away. “Help me not to distrust you.”
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe. Help my unbelief."
25 Jesus, seeing that the crowd was closing in, commanded the evil spirit, “Spirit that causes deafness and dumbness, I order you to come out of him and never return.”
When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."
26 The spirit screamed and threw the boy into severe convulsions. Then the spirit came out of the boy and left him for dead—to the extent that many of the people said, “He's dead.”
Having screamed, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."
27 But Jesus took the boy by the hand and helped him up, and he got to his feet.
But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
28 Later, when Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him in private, “Why couldn't we drive the evil spirit out?”
And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"
29 “This kind can't be driven out except by prayer,” Jesus told them.
And he said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer and fasting."
30 They left and passed through Galilee. Jesus didn't want anyone to know where he was
They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it.
31 because he was teaching his disciples. “The Son of man will be betrayed to human authorities,” he told them. “They will kill him, but three days later he will rise again.”
For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise again."
32 They didn't understand what he meant and were too afraid to ask him about it.
But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 They arrived at Capernaum, and once they were inside the house where they were staying, Jesus asked them, “What were you talking about on the way?”
He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing on the way?"
34 But they didn't say anything because they had been arguing over who was the most important.
But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
35 Jesus sat down and called the twelve disciples together. “If anyone wants to be first, he has to be the very last, the servant of everyone else,” he told them.
And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all."
36 He took a small child and had the child stand right in the middle of them. Then he picked up and hugged the child, and told them,
He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
37 “Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me doesn't welcome me but the one who sent me.”
"Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, does not receive me, but him who sent me."
38 John said to Jesus, “Rabbi, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him because he wasn't one of us.”
John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he was not following us."
39 “Don't stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who is doing miracles in my name can curse me at the same time.
But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
40 Anyone who is not against us is for us.
For whoever is not against us is for us.
41 Anyone who gives a cup of water to you in my name, because you belong to Christ, won't lose their reward, believe me.
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to the Messiah, truly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
42 But if anyone leads one of these little ones who trust in me into sin, it would be better for them if they were thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around their neck.
Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
43 If your hand leads you to sin, cut it off! It's better to enter eternal life as a cripple than to go with both hands into Gehenna, into the fire that can't be put out. (Geenna g1067)
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, (Geenna g1067)
45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It's better to enter eternal life lame than to be thrown into Gehenna still having two feet. (Geenna g1067)
If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into hell. (Geenna g1067)
47 If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out! It's better to enter the kingdom of God with just one eye than to be thrown into Gehenna still having both eyes, (Geenna g1067)
If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell, (Geenna g1067)
48 where the worm doesn't die and the fire never goes out.
'where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'
49 Everybody will be ‘salted’ by fire.
For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
50 Salt is good, but if it loses its taste, how could you make it salty again? You need to be like salt, and live in peace with one another.”
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how can you make it salty? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
