17:1 Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and ①James, and his brother John, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
▷ ①Or Jacob
17:2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.
17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
17:4 Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If You want, I will make three ①tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
▷ ①Or sacred tents
17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”
17:6 When the disciples heard this, they fell ①face down to the ground and were terrified.
▷ ①Lit on their faces
17:7 And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.”
17:8 And raising their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.
17:9 When they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
17:10 And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
17:11 And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things;
17:12 but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did ①to him whatever they wanted. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer ②at their hands.”
▷ ①Lit in him; or in his case ②Lit by them
17:13 Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
17:14 When they came to the crowd, a man came up to ①Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,
▷ ①Lit Him
17:15 “ ①Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
▷ ①Or Sir
17:16 And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him.”
17:17 And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
17:18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was healed ①at once.
▷ ①Lit from that hour
17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
17:20 And He *said to them, “Because of your meager faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith ①the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. ②”
▷ ①Lit like ②Late mss add (traditionally v 21): But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting
17:21
17:22 And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be ①handed over to men;
▷ ①Or betrayed
17:23 and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.
17:24 Now when they came to Capernaum, those who collected the ①two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the ②two-drachma tax?”
▷ ①Equivalent to about two denarii or two days’ wages for a laborer, paid as a temple tax ②Equivalent to about two denarii or two days’ wages for a laborer, paid as a temple tax
17:25 He *said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs or ①poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?”
▷ ①I.e., a tax on each person in the census
17:26 When Peter said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are ①exempt.
▷ ①Lit free
17:27 However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a ①stater. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”
▷ ①A silver four-drachma Greek coin