Mark 9:2-32

²Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up into a high mountain alone by themselves. And He was transfigured before them,

³and His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth is able to whiten.

⁴And Elijah appeared to them together with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

⁵Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—

⁶for he did not know what he should say, for they were terrified.

⁷And a cloud appeared overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

⁸And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone, but only Jesus with themselves.

⁹And as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should relate to no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man should rise from the dead.

¹⁰And this word they kept to themselves, questioning what it meant to rise from the dead.

¹¹And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

¹²And answering He said to them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

¹³But I say to you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written concerning him.”

¹⁴And when He came to the disciples, He saw a large crowd around them, and scribes disputing with them.

¹⁵Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, they greeted Him.

¹⁶And He asked the scribes, “What are you disputing about with them?”

¹⁷Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought my son to You, because he has a mute spirit.

¹⁸And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and gnashes his teeth, and he becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they might cast it out, but they were not able.”

¹⁹He answered him and said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.”

²⁰Then they brought the boy to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and having fallen on the ground he was rolling about, foaming at the mouth.

²¹So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

²²And often it threw him both into the fire and into the waters so that it may destroy him. But if You are able to do anything, help us and have compassion on us.”

²³Jesus said to him, “If you are able to believe: all things are possible to him that believes.”

²⁴And immediately crying out, the father of the child said with tears, “I believe, Lord; help my unbelief!”

²⁵When Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!”

²⁶Then having cried out and having convulsed him greatly, it came out. And he became as one dead, so that many were saying, “He is dead.”

²⁷But Jesus, having grasped him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

²⁸And after He entered into a house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”

²⁹So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”

³⁰And having gone out from there they were passing through Galilee, and He did not wish that anyone should know.

³¹For He was teaching His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise on the third day.”

³²But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.