Mark 9:5-27

⁵Well Peter reacted by saying to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three shelters: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

⁶(Because they were terrified, he didn't know what to say.)

⁷With that a cloud was covering them and a Voice came out of the cloud: “This is my Son, the beloved. Listen to Him!”

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

⁹Now as they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them not to recount to any one the things they had seen until the Son of the Man had risen from the dead.

¹⁰So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the ‘rising from the dead’ meant.

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

¹²So in answer He said to them: “Elijah indeed does come first, and restores all things; also how it is written concerning the Son of the Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt.

¹³Still, I say to you that ‘Elijah’ has also come, and they did to him as they wished, as it is written about him.”

¹⁴Upon coming to the disciples, He saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

¹⁵Well as soon as the crowd saw Him they were excited and ran to greet Him.

¹⁶He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”

¹⁷In answer a man in the crowd said: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit.

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

¹⁹But He answered him by saying: “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you, how long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me!”

²⁰So they brought him to Him. Upon seeing Him the spirit convulsed him, and falling to the ground he started wallowing, foaming at the mouth.

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

²²Really, it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

²³Jesus said to him, “It's ‘if you can believe’; all things are possible to the one who believes.”

²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

²⁵When Jesus saw that the crowd was running up, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I am commanding you, get out of him and never enter him again!”

²⁶Then it yelled, convulsed him violently, and came out. Well he looked to be dead; so much so that many said, “He's dead.”

²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stayed on his feet.