Thematic Bible
Mark 9:1 (show verse)
And Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste (experience) death before they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”
Mark 9:2 (show verse)
Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured (changed in form) before them [and began to shine brightly with divine and regal glory];
Mark 9:3 (show verse)
and His clothes became radiant and dazzling, intensely white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
Mark 9:4 (show verse)
Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were having a conversation with Jesus.
Mark 9:5 (show verse)
Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi (Master), it is good for us to be here; let us make three [sacred] tents—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Mark 9:6 (show verse)
For he did not [really] know what to say because they were terrified [and stunned by the miraculous sight].
Mark 9:7 (show verse)
Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him and obey Him!”
Mark 9:8 (show verse)
Suddenly they looked around and no longer saw anyone with them, except Jesus alone.
Mark 9:9 (show verse)
As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus expressly ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Mark 9:10 (show verse)
So they [carefully and faithfully] kept the matter to themselves, discussing and questioning [with one another] what it meant to rise from the dead.
Mark 9:11 (show verse)
They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”
Mark 9:12 (show verse)
He answered them, “Elijah does come first and restores and reestablishes all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things [grief and physical distress] and be treated with contempt [utterly despised and rejected]?
Mark 9:13 (show verse)
Mark 9:14 (show verse)
When they came [back] to the [other nine] disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes questioning and arguing with them.
Mark 9:15 (show verse)
Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Jesus, they were startled and began running up to greet Him.
Mark 9:16 (show verse)
He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?”
Mark 9:17 (show verse)
One of the crowd replied to Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him unable to speak;
Mark 9:18 (show verse)
and whenever it seizes him [intending to do harm], it throws him down, and he foams [at the mouth], and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. I told Your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it.”
Mark 9:19 (show verse)
He replied, “O unbelieving (faithless) generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”
Mark 9:20 (show verse)
They brought the boy to Him. When the [demonic] spirit saw Him, immediately it threw the boy into a convulsion, and falling to the ground he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.
Mark 9:21 (show verse)
Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he answered, “Since childhood.
Mark 9:22 (show verse)
The demon has often thrown him both into fire and into water, intending to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”
Mark 9:23 (show verse)
Jesus said to him, “[You say to Me,] ‘If You can?’ All things are possible for the one who believes and trusts [in Me]!”
Mark 9:24 (show verse)
Immediately the father of the boy cried out [with a desperate, piercing cry], saying, “I do believe; help [me overcome] my unbelief.”
Mark 9:25 (show verse)
When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering [around them], He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again!”
Mark 9:26 (show verse)
After screaming out and throwing him into a terrible convulsion, it came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse [so still and pale] that many [of the spectators] said, “He is dead!”
Mark 9:27 (show verse)
But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he stood up.
Mark 9:28 (show verse)
When He had gone indoors, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why were we unable to drive it out?”
Mark 9:29 (show verse)
He replied to them, “This kind [of unclean spirit] cannot come out by anything but prayer [to the Father].”
Mark 9:30 (show verse)
They went on from there and began to go through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know it,
Mark 9:31 (show verse)
because He was teaching His disciples [and preparing them for the future]. He told them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed and handed over to men [who are His enemies], and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise [from the dead] three days later.”
Mark 9:32 (show verse)
But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him [what He meant].
Mark 9:33 (show verse)
They arrived at Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing and arguing about on the road?”
Mark 9:34 (show verse)
But they kept quiet, because on the road they had discussed and debated with one another which one [of them] was the greatest.
Mark 9:35 (show verse)
Sitting down [to teach], He called the twelve [disciples] and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all [in importance] and a servant of all.”
Mark 9:36 (show verse)
Taking a child, He set him before them; and taking him in His arms, He said to them,
Mark 9:37 (show verse)
Mark 9:38 (show verse)
John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not accompanying us [as Your disciple].”
Mark 9:39 (show verse)
But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.