1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will notlJohn 8:52; Heb. 2:9 taste deathm[ch. 13:30; Matt. 10:23; 23:36; 24:34] until they see the kingdom of God after it has comench. 13:26; 14:62; [Matt. 25:31] with power. ”
2 oFor ver. 2-8, see Matt. 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36 And after six days Jesus took with himpch. 5:37; 14:33 Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he wasq[2 Cor. 3:18 (Gk.)] transfigured before them, 3 andrDan. 7:9; [Ps. 104:2; Matt. 28:3] his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus,sSee John 1:38 “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make threet[Neh. 8:15] tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. ” 6 Foru[ch. 14:40; Luke 9:33] he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 Andv2 Pet. 1:17; [Ex. 24:15, 16] a cloud overshadowed them, andv2 Pet. 1:17; [Ex. 24:15, 16] a voice came out of the cloud,wch. 12:6; See Matt. 3:17 “This is my beloved Son;1Or my Son, my (or the) BelovedxActs 3:22 listen to him. ” 8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.
9 yFor ver. 9-13, see Matt. 17:9-13 And as they were coming down the mountain,zch. 5:43; See Matt. 8:4 he charged them to tell no one what they had seen,ach. 8:31 until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 bLuke 9:36 So they kept the matter to themselves,c[John 16:17] questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. 11 And they asked him, “Why do the scribes saydSee Matt. 11:14 that first Elijah must come? ” 12 And he said to them, “Elijah does come firsteMal. 4:6; Luke 1:16, 17; [Acts 1:6; 3:21] to restore all things. AndfPs. 22:6, 7; Isa. 53:2, 3; Dan. 9:26; Zech. 13:7; [Phil. 2:7]; See Matt. 26:24 how is it written of the Son of Man that he shouldgSee ch. 8:31 suffer many things andhLuke 23:11; Acts 4:11 be treated with contempt? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, andich. 6:17, 27 they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him. ”
14 jFor ver. 14-28, see Matt. 17:14-19; Luke 9:37-42 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him,k[ch. 10:32] were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them? ” 17 And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he haslver. 25; Luke 11:14 a spirit that makes him mute. 18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, andm[ch. 6:7; Matt. 10:1; Luke 10:17] they were not able. ” 19 And he answered them, “On[John 14:9; 20:27] faithless generation,n[John 14:9; 20:27] how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me. ” 20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately itoch. 1:26 convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21 And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him? ” And he said, “From childhood. 22 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. Butp[ch. 1:40; Matt. 9:28] if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us. ” 23 And Jesus said to him, p[See ver. 22 above] “If you can!q[ch. 6:5, 6; Matt. 17:20] All things are possible for one who believes. ” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe;r[Luke 17:5] help my unbelief! ” 25 And when Jesus saw thatsver. 15 a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, tver. 17 “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again. ” 26 And after crying out ando[See ver. 20 above] convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead. ” 27 But JesusuSee ch. 1:31 took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when he hadvch. 7:17 entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out? ” 29 And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer. ”
30 wFor ver. 30-32, see Matt. 17:22, 23; Luke 9:43-45; [ch. 8:31; 10:32-34] They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed,xSee ch. 8:31 after three days he will rise. ” 32 ych. 6:52; Luke 2:50; 18:34; 24:25; John 10:6; 12:16; 16:17-19; [ver. 10] But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 AndzMatt. 17:24 they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the houseaFor ver. 33-37, see Matt. 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48; [ch. 10:35-45] he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way? ” 34 But they kept silent, for on the waybLuke 22:24; [ver. 50] they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, cch. 10:43, 44; Matt. 20:26, 27; 23:11, 12; Luke 22:26 “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all. ” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, anddch. 10:16 taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 e[Matt. 10:40, 42] “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ande[Matt. 10:40, 42] whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me. ”
38 fFor ver. 38-40, see Luke 9:49, 50 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someonegch. 16:17; Matt. 7:22; Luke 10:17; Acts 19:13; [Matt. 12:27] casting out demons in your name, andh[Num. 11:28] we tried to stop him, because he was not following us. ” 39 But 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. 40 i[Matt. 12:30; Luke 11:23] For the one who is not against us is for us. 41 For truly, I say to you,jSee Matt. 10:42 whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
42 kMatt. 18:6; Luke 17:2; [1 Cor. 8:12] Whoever causes one ofl[Zech. 13:7] these little ones who believe in me to sin,m[ch. 14:21] it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 nMatt. 5:30; 18:8 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go tooSee Matt. 5:22, 29 hell, topver. 48; Matt. 3:12; See Matt. 25:41 the unquenchable fire. 45 qMatt. 18:8 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown intoo[See ver. 43 above] hell. 47 rMatt. 5:29; 18:9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown intosSee Matt. 5:22, 29 hell, 48 ‘wheretIsa. 66:24 their worm does not die anduver. 44 the fire is not quenched. ’ 49 For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 vLuke 14:34 Salt is good,wMatt. 5:13 but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again?xEzek. 43:24; Col. 4:6; [Eph. 4:29] Have salt in yourselves, andyRom. 12:18; 2 Cor. 13:11; 1 Thess. 5:13; [ver. 34]; See Rom. 14:19 be at peace with one another. ”