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¹He went on to say to them, “Truly I tell you, some who stand here will not taste death until the kingdom of God has come in power and they have seen it.”^a

Transfigured on the mountain

²Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, away from everyone else. There he was transfigured in front of them. ³His clothes turned dazzling and intensely white, white beyond what any launderer on earth could achieve. ⁴Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and the two were talking with Jesus. ⁵Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, how good it is that we are here! Let us set up three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁶He did not know what to say, because they were all badly frightened. ⁷Then a cloud came and cast its shadow over them, and a voice spoke from the cloud: “This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him.” ⁸All at once they looked around and saw no one there with them any more, only Jesus.

Elijah has come

⁹As they came down the mountain, he gave them orders not to describe what they had seen to anyone until the Son of Man rose from the dead. ¹⁰They kept the matter to themselves, but they debated with one another what this “rising from the dead” might mean. ¹¹They asked him, “Why do the scribes claim that Elijah has to come first?” ¹²He told them, “Elijah does come first and set everything right. Then why does Scripture say that the Son of Man is to suffer much and be scorned? ¹³But I tell you that Elijah has in fact come, and they did to him as they pleased, just as it is written about him.”

I believe; help my unbelief

¹⁴When they got back to the other disciples, they found a large crowd surrounding them, and some scribes disputing with them. ¹⁵As soon as the people saw him, the whole crowd was overcome with wonder, and they ran up to greet him. ¹⁶He asked them, “What are you arguing with them about?” ¹⁷A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak. ¹⁸Whenever it takes hold of him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and goes stiff. I asked your disciples to throw it out, but they did not have the strength.” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, “You unbelieving generation! How long must I stay with you? How long must I bear with you? Bring the boy to me.” ²⁰So they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw Jesus, it threw the boy into a fit. He fell to the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹Jesus asked the boy’s father, “Since when has this been happening to him?” He answered, “Since he was a small child. ²²Many times it has thrown him into fire or into water to kill him. But if you are able to do anything at all, help us. Have pity on us!” ²³Jesus said to him, “’If you can!’ All things are possible for the one who believes.”^{b 24}At once the boy’s father cried out, “I believe! Help my unbelief!”^{c 25}When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he gave the unclean spirit a stern order: “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you to come out of him and never go into him again!” ²⁶The spirit shrieked, threw him into violent convulsions, and came out. The boy was left lying like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He has died.” ²⁷But Jesus took hold of his hand and lifted him up, and he got to his feet. ²⁸After he went indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not throw it out?” ²⁹He told them, “This kind cannot be made to come out by any means except prayer.”^d

Handed over, killed, and raised

³⁰They left that place and made their way through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, ³¹for he was busy teaching his disciples. “The Son of Man is going to be handed over into human hands,” he told them. “They will kill him, and three days after he is killed he will rise again.” ³²But they did not grasp what he meant, and they were afraid to question him.

Who is the greatest?

³³They arrived at Capernaum. Once they were inside the house, he asked them, “What was it you were debating as we walked?” ³⁴They said nothing, because on the way they had been debating among themselves which of them was the greatest. ³⁵He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of everyone and the servant of everyone.” ³⁶He took a little child and stood the child among them. Then, putting his arms around the child, he said to them, ³⁷“Whoever welcomes a child like this one in my name is welcoming me. And whoever welcomes me is welcoming, not me, but the One who sent me.”

Whoever is not against us

³⁸John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man throwing out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, since he did not go around with us.” ³⁹Jesus said, “Do not stop him. No one who does a mighty work in my name will be quick to speak ill of me afterward. ⁴⁰Anyone not against us is for us.

⁴¹If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose the reward.

Better to enter life maimed

⁴²Whoever makes one of these little ones who believe in me fall away would be better off having a huge millstone hung around the neck and being thrown into the sea.

⁴³If your hand leads you into sin, cut it off. You are better off entering life maimed than going off with both hands into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out.^{e 45}If your foot leads you into sin, cut it off. You are better off entering life lame than being thrown into hell with both feet.^{f 47}If your eye leads you into sin, tear it out. You are better off entering the kingdom of God with only one eye than being thrown into hell with two, ⁴⁸where the worm that eats them never dies and the fire is never put out.

⁴⁹Everyone will be salted with fire.^{gh 50}Salt is a good thing. But if the salt stops being salty, how will you give it back its flavor? Have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with one another.”