Mark 9:3-36

³His garments became radiantly brilliant, extremely white, whiter than any bleacher on earth could bleach them.

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

⁵Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here, and so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

⁶(For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.)

⁷A cloud came and overshadowed them. Then a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

⁸Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them, but only Jesus.

⁹As they were coming down the mountain, he commanded them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

¹⁰So they kept the matter to themselves, but they discussed among themselves what “rising from the dead” could mean.

¹¹They asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

¹²He said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

¹³But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they wanted to him, just as scripture says about him.”

¹⁴When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and scribes were arguing with them.

¹⁵As soon as they saw Jesus, the whole crowd was amazed and as they ran up to him they greeted him.

¹⁶He asked his disciples, “What are you arguing with them about?”

¹⁷Someone in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak.

¹⁸It seizes him and it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and he becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they could not.”

¹⁹He answered them, “Unbelieving generation, how long will I have to stay with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him to me.”

²⁰They brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw him into a convulsion. The boy fell on the ground and foamed at the mouth.

²¹Jesus asked his father, “How long has he been like this?” The father said, “Since childhood.

²²It has often thrown him into the fire or into the waters and tried to destroy him. If you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us.”

²³Jesus said to him, “'If you are able'? All things are possible for the one who believes.”

²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe! Help my unbelief!”

²⁵When Jesus saw the crowd running to them, he rebuked the unclean spirit and said, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter into him again.”

²⁶It cried out and convulsed the boy greatly and then came out. The boy looked like one who was dead, so that many said, “He is dead.”

²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and the boy stood up.

²⁸When Jesus came into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”

²⁹He said to them, “This kind cannot be cast out except by prayer.”

³⁰They went out from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know where they were,

³¹for he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will put him to death. When he has been put to death, after three days he will rise again.”

³²But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.

³³Then they came to Capernaum. After he entered the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

³⁴But they were silent. For they had been arguing with one with another on the way about who was the greatest.

³⁵Sitting down, he called the twelve together and he said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

³⁶He took a little child and placed him in their midst. He took him in his arms and said to them,