The Transfiguration
1 After six days(A) Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.(B)
2 He was transformed(a) in front of them, and His face shone like the sun. Even His clothes became as white as the light.(C)
3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
4 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it’s good for us to be here! If You want, I will make(b) three tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”(D)
5 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered(c) them, and a voice from the cloud said:
7 Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”(G)
8 When they looked up they saw no one except Him(d)—Jesus alone.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,(H) “Don’t tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised(e) from the dead.”
11 “Elijah is coming(f) and will restore everything,” He replied.(g)(J)
12 “But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”(h)(K)
13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.
The Power of Faith over a Demon
14 When they reached the crowd,(L) a man approached and knelt down before Him.
15 “Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures(i) and suffers severely. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.
16 I brought him to Your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”(M)
17 Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious(j) generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”(N)
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon,(k) and it(l) came out of him,(O) and from that moment(m) the boy was healed.
20 “Because of your little faith,” He(n) told them. “For I assure you: If you have faith the size of(o) a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.(P) Nothing will be impossible for you.(Q)
21 [However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.]”(p)
The Second Prediction of His Death
22 As(R) they were meeting(q) in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.
23 They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.” And they were deeply distressed.
Paying the Temple Tax
24 When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax(r) approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”(S)
Footnotes:
a.
Matthew 17:2: Or transfigured
b.
Matthew 17:4: Other mss read wish, let’s make
c.
Matthew 17:5: Or enveloped; Ex 40:34-35
d.
Matthew 17:8: Other mss omit Him
e.
Matthew 17:9: Other mss read Man has risen
f.
Matthew 17:11: Other mss add first
g.
Matthew 17:11: Other mss read Jesus said to them
h.
Matthew 17:12: Lit suffer by them
i.
Matthew 17:15: Lit he is moonstruck; thought to be a form of epilepsy
j.
Matthew 17:17: Or corrupt, or perverted, or twisted; Dt 32:5
k.
Matthew 17:18: Lit rebuked him or it
l.
Matthew 17:18: Lit the demon
m.
Matthew 17:18: Lit hour
n.
Matthew 17:20: Other mss read your unbelief,” Jesus
o.
Matthew 17:20: Lit faith like
p.
Matthew 17:21: Other mss omit bracketed text; Mk 9:29
q.
Matthew 17:22: Other mss read were staying
r.
Matthew 17:24: Jewish men paid this tax to support the temple; Ex 30:11-16. A double-drachma could purchase 2 sheep.
s.
Matthew 17:25: Lit Jesus anticipated him by saying
t.
Matthew 17:25: Or foreigners
u.
Matthew 17:26: Other mss read Peter said to Him
v.
Matthew 17:27: Gk stater, worth 2 double-drachmas