Matthew 17:12-27 ▼

12 But I say vnto you, that Elias is come alredy, and they knewe hym not, but haue done vnto hym, whatsoeuer they lusted.

13 Lykewyse, shall also the sonne of man suffer of them. Then the disciples vnderstode, that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.

14 And when they were come to the people, there came to hym a certayne man, knelyng downe to hym, and saying:

15 Lorde, haue mercy on my sonne, for he is lunaticke, and sore vexed: for oft tymes he falleth into the fyre, and oft into the water.

16 And I brought hym to thy disciples, and they coulde not heale hym.

17 Iesus aunswered and sayde: O faythlesse and croked nation, howe long shall I be with you? howe long shal I suffer you? bryng hym hyther to me.

18 And Iesus rebuked the deuyll, and he departed out of hym: And the chylde was healed euen that same tyme.

19 Then came the disciples to Iesus secretely, and sayde: why coulde not we cast hym out?

20 Iesus sayde vnto them: because of your vnbeliefe. For veryly I say vnto you: If ye haue fayth as a grayne of mustarde seede, ye shall say vnto this mountayne: remoue hence to yonder place, and it shall remoue, neither shall any thyng be vnpossible vnto you.

21 Howebeit, this kynde goeth not out, but by prayer and fastyng.

22 Whyle they were occupyed in Galilee, Iesus sayde vnto them: it wyll come to passe, that the sonne of man shalbe betrayed into the handes of men:

23 And they shall kyll hym, & the thyrde day shall he ryse agayne: And they were exceadyng sory.

24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receaued tribute money, came to Peter, and sayde: Doth not your maister pay tribute?

25 He sayth: yes. And when he was come into the house, Iesus preuented hym, saying: What thynkest thou Simon? of whom do the kynges of the earth take tribute or toule? of the chyldren, or of straungers?

26 Peter sayth vnto hym: of straungers. Iesus sayth vnto hym: Then are the chyldren free.

27 Notwithstandyng, lest we shoulde offende them, go thou to the sea, and cast an angle, and take the fisshe that first commeth vp: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt fynde a peece of twenty pence: that take, and geue it vnto them for me, and thee.