Mark 9:1-17 ▼

1 And He said to them, “Truly I say to you that there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death until they see the Kingdom of God having come in power.”

2 And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John, and brings them up to a high mountain by themselves, alone, and He was transfigured before them,

3 and His garments became glittering, exceedingly white, as snow, so as a launderer on the earth is not able to whiten [them].

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

5 And Peter answering says to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three shelters, for You one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one”:

6 for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.

7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved, hear Him”;

8 and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one anymore, but Jesus only with themselves.

9 And as they are coming down from the mountain, He charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;

10 and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.

11 And they were questioning Him, saying that the scribes say that Elijah must come first.

12 And He answering said to them, “Elijah indeed, having come first, restores all things; and how has it been written concerning the Son of Man, that He may suffer many things, and be set at nothing?

13 But I say to you that also Elijah has come, and they did to him what they willed, as it has been written of him.”

14 And having come to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning with them,

15 and immediately, all the multitude having seen Him, were amazed, and running near, were greeting Him.

16 And He questioned the scribes, “What do you dispute with them?”

17 And one out of the multitude answering said, “Teacher, I brought my son to You, having a mute spirit;