1And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
3And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.
4Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
6And when the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.
7And Jesus came and touched them, and said, “Get up and do not be afraid.”
8And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus alone.
9And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”
10And the disciples asked him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
11He answered, “Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things.
12But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.”
13Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
14And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him, kneeling before him
15and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. For he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
16And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.”
17And Jesus answered, “O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”
18And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that very hour.
19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
22And while they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,
23and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed.
24When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”
25He said, “Yes.” And when Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take tolls or taxes? From their sons or from others?”
26And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.
27But so that we do not cause them to stumble, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. When you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for me and for you.”
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