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16:12 Then they perceived that He had not warned them against
bread-yeast, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.
16:13 /6 When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea
Philippi, Jesus /7 questioned His disciples. "Who do people /8
say that the Son of Man is?" He asked.
16:14 "Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah;
others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets."
16:15 "But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again.
16:16 "You," replied /9 Simon Peter, "are the Christ, the Son of
the /10 ever-living God."
16:17 "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah," said Jesus; "for /1
mere human nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father
in Heaven.
16:18 And I declare to you that you are /2 Peter, and that upon
this /2 Rock I will build my Church, and the /3 might of Hades
shall not triumph over it.
16:19 I will give /4 you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens;
and whatever you bind on earth shall /5 remain bound in Heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall remain loosed in Heaven."
16:20 Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the
Christ.
16:21 From this time /6 Jesus began to explain to His disciples
that He /7 must go to Jerusalem, and suffer much cruelty from
the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to
death, and on the third day /8 be raised to life again.
16:22 Then Peter /9 took Him aside and began taking Him to task.
"Master," he said, /10 "God forbid; this /11 will not be your
lot."
16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, /12
Adversary; you are a /13 hindrance to me, because your thoughts
are not God's thoughts, but men's."
16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to
follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so
be my follower.
16:25 For whoever desires to save his /14 life
/1 shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake /1
shall find it.
16:26 Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the
whole world but /2 forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give
/3 to buy back his life?
16:27 For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the
Father with /4 His angels, and then will He requite every man
according to his actions.
16:28 I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing
here will certainly not taste death till they have /5 seen the
Son of Man coming in His Kingdom."
17:1 /6 Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the
brothers James and John, and brought them up /7 a high mountain
to a solitary place.
17:2 There in their presence His form underwent a change; His
face shone like the sun, and His raiment became as white as the
light.
17:3 And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing
with Him.
17:4 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Master, /8 we are thankful to
you that we are here. If you approve, I will put up three tents
here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
17:5 He was still speaking when a luminous cloud /9 spread over
them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said,
"This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen
to Him."
17:6 On hearing this voice, the disciples fell on their faces
and were filled with terror.
17:7 But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse
yourselves and have no fear."
17:8 So they looked up, and saw no one but Jesus.
17:9 As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command
upon them. "Tell no one," He said, "of the sight you have seen
till the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."
17:10 "Why then," asked the disciples, "do the Scribes say that
Elijah must first come?"
17:11 "Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would reform
everything.
17:12 But I tell you that he has already come, and they did not
recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. And before
long the Son of Man will be treated by them in a similar way."
17:13 Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the
Baptist about whom He had spoken to them.
17:14 /1 When they had returned to the people, there came to Him
a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.
17:15 "Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an
epileptic and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and
often into the water.
17:16 I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not
been able to cure him."
17:17 /2 "O unbelieving and /3 perverse generation!" replied
Jesus; "how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure
you? Bring him /4 to me."
17:18 Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left
him; and the boy was cured from that moment.
17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him,
"Why could not we expel the demon?"
17:20 "Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I
solemnly declare to you that if you have faith /5 like a
mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this
place to that,' and it will remove; and nothing shall be
impossible to you.
17:21 /6 But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by
prayer and fasting."
17:22 /7 As they were /8 travelling about in Galilee, Jesus said
to them, "The Son of Man is about to be
/1 betrayed into the hands of men;
17:23 they will put Him to death, but on the third day He will
be raised to life again." And they were exceedingly distressed.
17:24 /2 After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the
half-shekel came and asked Peter, "Does not your Teacher pay /3
the half-shekel?"
17:25 "Yes," he replied, and then went into the house. But