1 After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
2 There he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as light.
3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.
4 So Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If yoʋ want,we will make three shelters here, one for yoʋ, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him!”
6 When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were utterly afraid.
7 But Jesus came over and touched them, saying,
8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,
10 Thenhis disciples asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
11 Jesus answeredthem,
13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus, kneeling before him
15 and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic andsuffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
16 I brought him to yoʋr disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17 Jesus answered,
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that hour.
19 Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20 Jesus said to them,
22 While they werestaying in Galilee, Jesus said to them,
23 And the disciples were greatly distressed.
24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the two-drachma tax, doesn't he?”
25 He said, “Yes.” And whenPeter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying,
26 Peter said to him, “From strangers.” And Jesus said to him,