Mark 9

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 And he said to them, 'In truth I tel you, there are some standing here who wil not taste death beforethey see the kingdom of God come with power.'	1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain ontheir own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured:	2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3 his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them.	3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4 Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.	4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter spoke to Jesus, 'Rabbi,' he said, 'it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make threeshelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.'	5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
6 He did not know what to say; they were so frightened.	6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7 And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, 'This is my Son,the Beloved. Listen to him.'	7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8 Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.	8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain he warned them to tel no one what they had seen, untilafter the Son of man had risen from the dead.	9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
10 They observed the warning faithful y, though among themselves they discussed what 'rising from thedead' could mean.	10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
11 And they put this question to him, 'Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'	11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
12 He said to them, 'Elijah is indeed first coming to set everything right again; yet how is it that thescriptures say about the Son of man that he must suffer grievously and be treated with contempt?	12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13 But I tel you that Elijah has come and they have treated him as they pleased, just as the scripturessay about him.'	13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14 As they were rejoining the disciples they saw a large crowd round them and some scribes arguing withthem.	14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15 At once, when they saw him, the whole crowd were struck with amazement and ran to greet him.	15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked them, 'What are you arguing about with them?'	16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17 A man answered him from the crowd, 'Master, I have brought my son to you; there is a spirit ofdumbness in him,	17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18 and when it takes hold of him it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds histeeth and goes rigid. And I asked your disciples to drive it out and they were unable to.'	18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19 In reply he said to them, 'Faithless generation, how much longer must I be among you? How muchlonger must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'	19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 They brought the boy to him, and at once the spirit of dumbness threw the boy into convulsions, andhe fel to the ground and lay writhing there, foaming at the mouth.	20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 Jesus asked the father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' 'From childhood,' he said,	21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22 'and it has often thrown him into fire and into water, in order to destroy him.	22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 But if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.'	23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24 'If you can?' retorted Jesus. 'Everything is possible for one who has faith.' At once the father of the boycried out, 'I have faith. Help my lack of faith!'	24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit. 'Deaf and dumbspirit,' he said, 'I command you: come out of him and never enter him again.'	25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 Then it threw the boy into violent convulsions and came out shouting, and the boy lay there so like acorpse that most of them said, 'He is dead.'	26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him up, and he was able to stand.	27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 When he had gone indoors, his disciples asked him when they were by themselves, 'Why were weunable to drive it out?'	28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29 He answered, 'This is the kind that can be driven out only by prayer.'	29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30 After leaving that place they made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know,	30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
31 because he was instructing his disciples; he was telling them, 'The Son of man wil be delivered intothe power of men; they will put him to death; and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again.'	31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32 But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him.	32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 They came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, 'What were you arguingabout on the road?'	33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
34 They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest.	34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
35 So he sat down, called the Twelve to him and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must make himselflast of all and servant of all.'	35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
36 He then took a little child whom he set among them and embraced, and he said to them,	36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
37 'Anyone who welcomes a little child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and anyone whowelcomes me, welcomes not me but the one who sent me.'	37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
38 John said to him, 'Master, we saw someone who is not one of us driving out devils in your name, andbecause he was not one of us we tried to stop him.'	38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
39 But Jesus said, 'You must not stop him; no one who works a miracle in my name could soonafterwards speak evil of me.	39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40 Anyone who is not against us is for us.	40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
41 'If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, then in truth I tel you, he wilmost certainly not lose his reward.	41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
42 'But anyone who is the downfal of one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown intothe sea with a great mil stone hung round his neck.	42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43 And if your hand should be your downfal , cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than tohave two hands and go to hel , into the fire thatnever be put out.	43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44	44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if your foot should be your downfal , cut it off; it is better for you enter into life lame, than to havetwo feet and be thrown into hell.	45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46	46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if your eye should be your downfal , tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of Godwith one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell	47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48 where their worm will never die nor their fire be put out.	48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For everyone wil be salted with fire.	49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50 Salt is a good thing, but if salt has become insipid, how can you make it salty again? Have salt inyourselves and be at peace with one another.'	50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.