Matthew 17

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1. 16 days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and James's brother John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone.
2. 2He was transfigured before them: his face shone like the sun, and his clothes were as white as the light.
3. 3Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus.
4. 4Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, let us make three tents here—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5. 5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
6. 6When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown on the ground, terrified.
7. 7Jesus came over, touched them, and said, "Get up. Don't be afraid."
8. 8When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus only.
9. 9As they came down from the mountain, Jesus instructed them, saying, "Don't tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
10. 10His disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
11. 11Jesus replied, "Elijah does come first, and he will restore all things."
12. 12"But I'm telling you, Elijah has already come. People didn't recognize him and did whatever they wanted to him. In the same way, the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."
13. 13Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the Baptist.
14. 14And when they came to the multitude, a certain man came to him, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15. 15“Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.”
16. 16"I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."
17. 17Jesus answered, “Faithless and twisted generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
18. 18Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy. The child was healed from that very hour.
19. 19Afterward, the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"
20. 20He told them, "Because of your unbelief. I tell you the truth — if you have faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you."
21. 21But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
22. 22While they were gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."
23. 23They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised again. And they were very sorry.
24. 24When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?"
25. 25"Yes, he does," Peter answered. When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke first: "What do you think, Simon? Who do the kings of the earth collect taxes and duties from — their own children or from others?"
26. 26"From others," Peter replied. Jesus said, "Then the children are exempt."
27. 27But so we don't cause an offense, go to the lake and cast a hook. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you'll find a piece of money. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.