Mark 9–10

9And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not ^ltaste death ^muntil they see the kingdom of God after it has come ⁿwith power.”

The Transfiguration

^2oAnd after six days Jesus took with him ^pPeter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was ^qtransfigured before them, ³and ^rhis clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one¹ on earth could bleach them. ⁴And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵And Peter said to Jesus, ^s“Rabbi,² it is good that we are here. Let us make three ^ttents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁶For ^uhe did not know what to say, for they were terrified. ⁷And ^va cloud overshadowed them, and ^va voice came out of the cloud, ^w“This is my beloved Son;^{3 x}listen to him.” ⁸And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

^9yAnd as they were coming down the mountain, ^zhe charged them to tell no one what they had seen, ^auntil the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ^10bSo they kept the matter to themselves, ^cquestioning what this rising from the dead might mean. ¹¹And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say ^dthat first Elijah must come?” ¹²And he said to them, “Elijah does come first ^eto restore all things. And ^fhow is it written of the Son of Man that he should ^gsuffer many things and ^hbe treated with contempt? ¹³But I tell you that Elijah has come, and ⁱthey did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit

^14jAnd when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, ^kwere greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. ¹⁶And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” ¹⁷And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has ^la spirit that makes him mute. ¹⁸And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and ^mthey were not able.” ¹⁹And he answered them, “O ⁿfaithless generation, ⁿhow long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” ²⁰And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it ^oconvulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²²And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But ^pif you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” ²³And Jesus said to him, ^p“ ‘If you can’! ^qAll things are possible for one who believes.” ²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out⁴ and said, “I believe; ^rhelp my unbelief!” ²⁵And when Jesus saw that ^sa crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ^t“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” ²⁶And after crying out and ^oconvulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” ²⁷But Jesus ^utook him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. ²⁸And when he had ^ventered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁹And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”⁵

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection

^30wThey went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, ³¹for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, ^xafter three days he will rise.” ^32yBut they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

Who Is the Greatest?

³³And ^zthey came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house ^ahe asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” ³⁴But they kept silent, for on the way ^bthey had argued with one another about who was the greatest. ³⁵And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, ^c“If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” ³⁶And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and ^dtaking him in his arms, he said to them, ^37e“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and ^ewhoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us

^38fJohn said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone ^gcasting out demons in your name,⁶ and ^hwe tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” ³⁹But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰ⁱFor the one who is not against us is for us. ⁴¹For truly, I say to you, ^jwhoever gives you a cup of water to drink because⁷ you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

Temptations to Sin

^42k“Whoever causes one of ^lthese little ones who believe in me to sin,^{8 m}it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. ⁴³ⁿAnd if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to ^ohell,⁹ to ^pthe unquenchable fire.^{10 45q}And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into ^ohell. ^47rAnd if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into ^shell, ⁴⁸‘where ^ttheir worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ ⁴⁹For everyone will be salted with fire.^{11 50v}Salt is good, ^wbut if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? ^xHave salt in yourselves, and ^ybe at peace with one another.”

Teaching About Divorce

10^zAnd he left there and went ^ato the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.

²And Pharisees came up and in order ^bto test him asked, ^c“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” ³He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴They said, ^d“Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” ⁵And Jesus said to them, “Because of your ^ehardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But ^ffrom the beginning of creation, ‘God made them ^gmale and female.’ ^7h‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,^{1 8}and ⁱthe two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. ^9jWhat therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹And he said to them, ^k“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, ¹²and ^lif she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Let the Children Come to Me

^13mAnd they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples ⁿrebuked them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, ^o“Let the children come to me; ^pdo not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. ^15qTruly, I say to you, whoever does not ^rreceive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” ¹⁶And ^she took them in his arms and blessed them, ^tlaying his hands on them.

The Rich Young Man

^17uAnd as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and ^vknelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to ^winherit eternal life?” ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ^x‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’ ” ²⁰And he said to him, “Teacher, ^yall these I have kept from my youth.” ²¹And Jesus, ^zlooking at him, ^aloved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, ^bsell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have ^ctreasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ^22dDisheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³And Jesus ^elooked around and said to his disciples, ^f“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter ^gthe kingdom of God!” ²⁴And the disciples ^hwere amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ⁱ“Children, ^jhow difficult it is² to enter ^gthe kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ^gthe kingdom of God.” ²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,³ “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷Jesus ^klooked at them and said, ^l“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” ²⁸Peter began to say to him, “See, ^mwe have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, ⁿthere is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ^ofor the gospel, ³⁰who will not receive a hundredfold ^pnow in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, ^qwith persecutions, and in ^rthe age to come eternal life. ³¹But ^smany who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

^32tAnd they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and ^uJesus was walking ahead of them. And ^vthey were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, ³³saying, “See, ^wwe are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will ^xcondemn him to death and ^ydeliver him over to the Gentiles. ³⁴And they will ^zmock him and ^aspit on him, and flog him and kill him. And ^bafter three days he will rise.”

The Request of James and John

^35cAnd James and John, ^dthe sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us ^ewhatever we ask of…