Mark 9:1–29

Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you,^ao there are some standing here who will not taste death^ap until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”^aq

THE TRANSFIGURATION

²After^ar six days^as Jesus took Peter, James, and John^at and led them up a high mountain^au by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured^av in front of them, ³and his clothes^aw became dazzling—extremely white^ax as no launderer on earth could whiten^ay them. ⁴Elijah^az appeared to them with Moses,^ba and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi,^bb it’s good^bc for us to be here. Let’s set up three shelters:^bd one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—⁶because he did not know what to say,^be since they were terrified.^bf

⁷A cloud^bg appeared, overshadowing^bh them, and a voice^bi came from the cloud:^bj “This is my beloved^bk Son;^bl listen to him!”^bm

⁸Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

⁹As^bn they were coming down the mountain,^bo he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen^bp until the Son of Man^bq had risen^br from the dead.^{bs 10}They kept this word^bt to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant.

¹¹Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes^bu say that Elijah must come first?”^bv

¹²“Elijah does come first and restores^bw all things,”^bx he replied. “Why then is it written^by that the Son of Man must suffer^bz many things and be treated with contempt?^{ca 13}But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written^cb about him.”

THE POWER OF FAITH OVER A DEMON

¹⁴When^cc they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing^cd with them. ¹⁵When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran to greet him. ¹⁶He asked them, “What are you arguing with them about?”

¹⁷Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher,^ce I brought my son to you. He has a spirit^cf that makes him unable to speak.^{cg 18}Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

¹⁹He replied to them, “You unbelieving^ch generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.” ²⁰So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. ²¹“How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked his father.

“From childhood,” he said. ²²“And many times it has thrown him into fire or water to destroy^a him. But if you can do anything, have compassion^b on us and help us.”

²³Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’?^A Everything is possible^c for the one who believes.”^d

²⁴Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”

²⁵When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked^e the unclean^f spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf^g spirit, I command you: Come out of him and never enter him again.”

²⁶Then it came out, shrieking and throwing him^B into terrible convulsions.^h The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He’s dead.” ²⁷But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him,ⁱ and he stood up.

²⁸After he had gone into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

²⁹And he told them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer.”^Bj