Matthew 17

17After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.G2532G3326G1803G2250G2424G3880G4074G2532G2385G2532G2491G846G80G2532G399G846G399G1519G5308G3735G2596G23982There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.G2532G3339G1715G846G2532G846G4383G2989G5613G2246G1161G846G2440G1096G3022G5613G54573Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.G2532G2400G3700G846G3475G2532G2243G4814G3326G8464Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."G1161G611G4074G2036G2424G2962G2076G2570G2248G1511G5602G1487G2309G4160G5602G5140G4633G3391G4671G2532G3391G3475G2532G3391G22435While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"G846G2089G2980G2400G5460G3507G1982G846G2532G2400G5456G1537G3507G3004G3778G2076G3450G27G5207G1722G3739G2106G191G8466When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.G2532G3101G191G4098G1909G846G4383G2532G4970G53997But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Don't be afraid."G2532G2424G4334G680G846G2532G2036G1453G2532G5399G3361G53998When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.G1161G1869G846G3788G1492G3762G1508G2424G34419As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."G2532G846G2597G575G3735G2424G1781G846G3004G2036G3705G3367G2193G3739G5207G444G450G1537G349810The disciples asked him, "Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"G2532G846G3101G1905G846G3004G5101G3767G3004G1122G3754G2243G1163G4412G206411Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.G1161G2424G611G2036G846G2243G3303G4412G2064G2532G600G395612But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."G1161G3004G5213G3754G2243G2064G2235G2532G1921G846G3756G235G4160G1722G846G3745G2309G3779G3195G2532G5207G444G3958G5259G84613Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.G5119G3101G4920G3754G2036G846G4012G2491G91014When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.G2532G846G2064G4314G3793G4334G846G444G1120G846G2532G300415"Lord, have mercy on my son," he said. "He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.G2962G1653G3450G5207G3754G4583G2532G2560G3958G1063G4178G4098G1519G4442G2532G4178G1519G520416I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."G2532G4374G846G4675G3101G2532G1410G3756G2323G84617"O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me."G1161G2424G611G2036G5599G571G2532G1294G1074G2193G4219G2071G3326G5216G2193G4219G430G5216G5342G846G5602G342718Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.G2532G2424G2008G1140G2532G846G1831G575G846G2532G3816G2323G575G1565G561019Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"G5119G4334G3101G2424G2596G2398G2036G1302G1410G3756G2249G1544G846G154420He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."G1161G2424G2036G846G1223G5216G570G1063G281G3004G5213G1437G2192G4102G5613G2848G4615G2046G5129G3735G3327G1782G1563G2532G3327G2532G3762G101G521321But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.G1161G5124G1085G1607G3756G1607G1508G1722G4335G2532G352122When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.G1161G846G390G1722G1056G2424G2036G846G5207G444G3195G3860G1519G5495G44423They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life." And the disciples were filled with grief.G2532G615G846G2532G5154G2250G1453G2532G4970G307624After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?"G1161G846G2064G1519G2584G2983G1323G4334G4074G2532G2036G5055G3756G5216G1320G5055G132325"Yes, he does," he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. "What do you think, Simon?" he asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes--from their own sons or from others?"G3004G3483G2532G3753G1525G1519G3614G2424G4399G846G3004G5101G1380G4671G4613G575G5101G2983G935G1093G2983G5056G2228G2778G575G846G5207G2228G575G24526"From others," Peter answered. "Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him.G4074G3004G846G575G245G2424G5346G846G686G1526G5207G165827"But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours."G1161G3363G4624G846G4198G1519G2281G906G44G2532G142G2486G4412G305G2532G455G846G4750G2147G4715G1565G2983G1325G846G473G1700G2532G4675