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17 : 1 And after six days Jesus took with himPeter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
17 : 2 And he wastransfigured before them, andhis face shone like the sun, andhis clothes became white as light.
17 : 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
17 : 4 And Peter said to Jesus,Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one forElijah.
17 : 5 He was still speaking when, behold,a bright cloud overshadowed them, anda voice from the cloud said,This is my beloved Son,with whom I am well pleased;listen to him.
17 : 6 Whenthe disciples heard this,they fell on their faces and were terrified.
17 : 7 But Jesus came andtouched them, saying,Rise, andhave no fear.
17 : 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
17 : 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them,Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.
17 : 10 And the disciples asked him,Then why do the scribes saythat first Elijah must come?
17 : 11 He answered,Elijah does come, andhe will restore all things.
17 : 12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, butdid to him whatever they pleased.So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.
17 : 13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
17 : 14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,
17 : 15 said,Lord, have mercy on my son, for he isan epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
17 : 16 And I brought him to your disciples, andthey could not heal him.
17 : 17 And Jesus answered,O faithless andtwisted generation, how long am I to be with you?How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.
17 : 18 And Jesusrebuked the demon,and itcame out of him, andthe boy was healed instantly.
17 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,Why could we not cast it out?
17 : 20 He said to them,Because of your little faith. Fortruly, I say to you,if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed,you will say to this mountain,Move from here to there,and it will move, andnothing will be impossible for you.
17 : 22 As they were gatheringin Galilee, Jesus said to them,The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,
17 : 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised onthe third day.And they were greatly distressed.
17 : 24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors ofthe two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said,Does your teacher not pay the tax?
17 : 25 He said,Yes.And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying,What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll ortax? From their sons or from others?
17 : 26 And when he said,From others,Jesus said to him,Then the sons are free.
17 : 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel.Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.