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| | Mat 17:1 | Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to a solitary place.
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| | Mat 17:2 | There in their presence His form underwent a change; His face shone like the sun, and His raiment became as white as the light.
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| | Mat 17:3 | And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Him.
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| | Mat 17:4 | Then Peter said to Jesus, "Master, we are thankful to you that we are here. If you approve, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
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| | Mat 17:5 | He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."
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| | Mat 17:6 | On hearing this voice, the disciples fell on their faces and were filled with terror.
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| | Mat 17:7 | But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse yourselves and have no fear."
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| | Mat 17:8 | So they looked up, and saw no one but Jesus.
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| | Mat 17:9 | As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command upon them. "Tell no one," He said, "of the sight you have seen till the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."
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| | Mat 17:10 | "Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
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| | Mat 17:11 | "Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would reform everything.
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| | Mat 17:12 | But I tell you that he has already come, and they did not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them in a similar way."
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| | Mat 17:13 | Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the Baptist about whom He had spoken to them.
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| | Mat 17:14 | When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.
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| | Mat 17:15 | "Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water.
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| | Mat 17:16 | I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."
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| | Mat 17:17 | "O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; "how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? Bring him to me."
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| | Mat 17:18 | Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him; and the boy was cured from that moment.
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| | Mat 17:19 | Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could not we expel the demon?"
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| | Mat 17:20 | "Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this place to that,' and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
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| | Mat 17:21 | But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by prayer and fasting."
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| | Mat 17:22 | As they were travelling about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men;
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| | Mat 17:23 | they will put Him to death, but on the third day He will be raised to life again." And they were exceedingly distressed.
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| | Mat 17:24 | After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the half-shekel came and asked Peter, "Does not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?"
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| | Mat 17:25 | "Yes," he replied, and then went into the house. But before he spoke a word Jesus said, "What think you, Simon? From whom do this world's kings receive customs or capitation tax? from their own children, or from others?"
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| | Mat 17:26 | "From others," he replied. "Then the children go free," said Jesus.
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| | Mat 17:27 | "However, lest we cause them to sin, go and throw a hook into the Lake, and take the first fish that comes up. When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel in it: bring that coin and give it to them for yourself and me."
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