Mark, 9

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.

1. And he went on to say, "Truly I tell you, there are some here who will not die before they see the kingdom of God coming with power."

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.

2. Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain. There his appearance was changed before their eyes.

3. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

3. Even his clothes shone, becoming as white as no bleach of this world could make them.

4. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

4. Elijah and Moses appeared to them; the two were talking with Jesus.

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.

5. Then Peter spoke and said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."

6. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

6. For he did not know what to say; they were overcome with awe.

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.

7. But a cloud formed, covering them in a shadow, and from the cloud came this word, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him."

8. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

8. And suddenly, as they looked around, they no longer saw anyone except Jesus with them.

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.

9. As they came down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man be risen from the dead.

10. And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

10. So they kept this to themselves, although they discussed with one another what 'to rise from the dead' could mean.

11. And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

11. Finally they asked him, "Why then do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?"

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.

12. Jesus answered them, "Of course, Elijah will come first so that everything may be as it should be... But, why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

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.

13. I tell you that Elijah has already come and they have treated him as they pleased, as the Scriptures say of him."

14. And when he came to [his] disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

14. When they came to the place where they had left the disciples, they saw many people around and some teachers of the Law arguing with them.

15. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to [him] saluted him.

15. When the people saw Jesus, they were astonished and ran to greet him.

16. And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?

16. He asked, "What are you arguing about with them?" A man answered him from the crowd,

17. And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;

17. "Master, I brought my son to you for he has a dumb spirit.

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.

18. Whenever the spirit seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth and becomes stiff all over. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they could not."

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.

19. Jesus replied, "You faithless people. How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me."

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.

20. And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw Jesus, it shook and convulsed the boy who fell on the ground and began rolling about, foaming at the mouth.

21. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

21. Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has this been happening to him?" He replied, "From childhood.

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.

22. And it has often thrown him into the fire and into the water to destroy him. 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.

23. Jesus said to him, "Why do you say: 'If you can?' All things are possible for one who believes."

24. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

24. Immediately the father of the boy cried out, "I do believe, but help the little faith I have."

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.

25. Jesus saw that the crowd was increasing rapidly, so he ordered the evil spirit, "Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you: Leave the boy and never enter him again."

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.

26. The evil spirit shook and convulsed the boy and with a terrible shriek came out. The boy lay like a corpse and people said, "He is dead."

27. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

27. But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him and the boy stood up.

28. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

28. After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive out the spirit?"

29. And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

29. And he answered, "Only prayer can drive out this kind, nothing else."

30. And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know [it].

30. After leaving that place, they made their way through Galilee; but Jesus did not want people to know where he was

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.

31. because he was teaching his disciples. And he told them, "The Son of Man will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him, but three days after he has been killed, he will rise."

32. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

32. The disciples, however, did not understand these words and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

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?

33. They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, Jesus asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

34. But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who [should be] the greatest.

34. But they did not answer because they had been arguing about who was the greatest.

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.

35. Then he sat down, called the Twelve and said to them, "If someone wants to be first, let him be last of all and servant of all."

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,

36. Then he took a little child, placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it he said to them,

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.

37. "Whoever welcomes a child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but the One who sent me."

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.

38. John said to him, "Master, we saw someone who drove out demons by calling upon your name, and we tried to forbid him because he does not belong to our group."

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.

39. Jesus answered, "Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in my name can soon after speak evil of me.

40. For he that is not against us is on our part.

40. For whoever is not against us is for us.

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.

41. If anyone gives you a drink of water because you belong to Christ and bear his name, truly, I say to you, he will not go without reward.

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.

42. If anyone should cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble and sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a great millstone around his neck.

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:

43. If your hand makes you fall into sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than with two hands to go to hell, to the fire that never goes out.

44. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

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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:

45. And if your foot makes you fall into sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a foot than with both feet to be thrown into hell.

46. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

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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:

47. And if your eye makes you fall into sin, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than, keeping both eyes, to be thrown into hell

48. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

48. where the worms that eat them never die, and the fire never goes out.

49. For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

49. The fire itself will preserve them.

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.

50. Salt is a good thing; but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another."