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The Gospel According to St. Mark

Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 9 -

(Matthew 17:1–13; Luke 9:28–36; 2 Peter 1:16–21)
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And He said to them, “Truly I say to you that there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death until they see the Kingdom of God having come in power.”
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And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John, and brings them up to a high mountain by themselves, alone, and He was transfigured before them,
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and His garments became glittering, exceedingly white, as snow, so as a launderer on the earth is not able to whiten [them].
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And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
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And Peter answering says to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three shelters, for You one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one”:
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for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.
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And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, hear Him”;
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and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one anymore, but Jesus only with themselves.
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And as they are coming down from the mountain, He charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;
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and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.
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And they were questioning Him, saying that the scribes say that Elijah must come first.
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And He answering said to them, “Elijah indeed, having come first, restores all things; and how has it been written concerning the Son of Man, that He may suffer many things, and be set at nothing?
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But I say to you that also Elijah has come, and they did to him what they willed, as it has been written of him.”

The Boy with an Evil Spirit

(Matthew 17:14–18; Luke 9:37–42)
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And having come to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning with them,
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and immediately, all the multitude having seen Him, were amazed, and running near, were greeting Him.
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And He questioned the scribes, “What do you dispute with them?”
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And one out of the multitude answering said, “Teacher, I brought my son to You, having a mute spirit;
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and wherever it seizes him, it tears him, and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and pines away; and I spoke to Your disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.”
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And He answering him, said, “O generation unbelieving, until when will I be with you? Until when will I suffer you? Bring him to Me”;
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and they brought him to Him, and he having seen Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he, having fallen on the earth, was wallowing—foaming.
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And He questioned his father, “How much time is it since this came to him?” And he said, “From childhood,
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and many times it also cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if You are able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.”
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And Jesus said to him, “If you are able to believe! All things are possible to the one that is believing”;
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and immediately the father of the child, having cried out with tears, said, “I believe, Lord; be helping my unbelief.”
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Jesus having seen that a multitude runs together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Spiritmute and deafI charge you, come forth out of him, and you may no longer enter into him”;
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and having cried, and convulsed him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,
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but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
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And He having come into the house, His disciples were questioning Him by Himself, “Why were we not able to cast it forth?”
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And He said to them, “This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.”

The Second Prediction of the Passion

(Matthew 17:22–23; Luke 9:43–45)
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And having gone forth there, they were passing through Galilee, and He did not wish that any may know,
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for He was teaching His disciples, and He said to them, “The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and having been killed, the third day He will rise,”
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but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question Him.

The Greatest in the Kingdom

(Matthew 18:1–5; Luke 9:46–50)
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And He came to Capernaum, and being in the house, He was questioning them, “What were you reasoning in the way among yourselves?”
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And they were silent, for they reasoned with one another in the way who is greater;
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and having sat down He called the Twelve, and He says to them, “If any wills to be first, he will be last of all, and minister of all.”
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And having taken a child, He set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in His arms, said to them,
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Whoever may receive one of such children in My Name, receives Me, and whoever may receive Me, does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”
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And John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw a certain one casting out demons in Your Name, who does not follow us, and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.”
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And Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in My Name, and will be readily able to speak evil of Me:
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for he who is not against us is for us;
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for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in My Name, because you are Christ’s, truly I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

Temptations and Trespasses

(Matthew 18:6–9; Luke 17:1–4)
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and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in Me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged around his neck, and he has been cast into the sea.
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And if your hand may cause you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands, to go away into Gehenna, into the firethe unquenchable—
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[[where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.]]
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And if your foot may cause you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire—the unquenchable—
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[[where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.]]
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And if your eye may cause you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God one-eyed, than having two eyes, to be cast into the Gehenna of fire—
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where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;

Good Salt

(Matthew 5:13–16; Luke 14:34–35)
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for everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
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The salt [is] good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will you season [it]? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.”
(Matthew 17:1–13; Luke 9:28–36; 2 Peter 1:16–21)
1
He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see God’s Kingdom come with power.”
2
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 clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
4
Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
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Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
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For he didn’t know what to say, for they were very afraid.
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A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
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Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
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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 saying to themselves, questioning what therising from the deadmeant.
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They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12
He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
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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.”

The Boy with an Evil Spirit

(Matthew 17:14–18; Luke 9:37–42)
14
Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
15
Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him.
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He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
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One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
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and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.”
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He answered him, “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, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
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He asked his father, “How long has it been since this has been happening to him?” He said, “From childhood.
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Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the 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 believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
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Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”
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When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
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After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”
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But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up; and he arose.
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When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
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He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”

The Second Prediction of the Passion

(Matthew 17:22–23; Luke 9:43–45)
30
They went out from there and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it,
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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, on the third day he will rise again.”
32
But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

The Greatest in the Kingdom

(Matthew 18:1–5; Luke 9:46–50)
33
He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?”
34
But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest.
35
He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
36
He took a little child and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
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“Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”
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John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone who doesn’t follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.”
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But Jesus said, “Don’t 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.
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For whoever is not against us is on our side.
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For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

Temptations and Trespasses

(Matthew 18:6–9; Luke 17:1–4)
42
“Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
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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 Gehenna, (a) into the unquenchable fire,
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‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’ (b) (c)
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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 Gehenna, (d) into the fire that will never be quenched—
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‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’ (e)
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If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna (f) of fire,
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‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’ (g)

Good Salt

(Matthew 5:13–16; Luke 14:34–35)
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For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
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Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Footnotes

(a)9:43 or, Hell
(b)9:44 ℘ Isaiah 66:24
(c)9:44 NU omits verse 44.
(d)9:45 or, Hell
(e)9:46 NU omits verse 46.
(f)9:47 or, Hell
(g)9:48 ℘ Isaiah 66:24