24 After
Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma
temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
25 “Yes,
he does,” he replied.
When
Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think,
Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and
taxes—from their own children or from others?”
26 “From
others,” Peter answered.
“Then
the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. 27 “But so that we
may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first
fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it
and give it to them for my tax and yours.”
22 When
they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be
delivered into the hands of men. 23 They will kill him, and on
the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with
grief.
14 When
they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord,
have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He
often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him
to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17 “You
unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with
you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus
rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that
moment.
19 Then
the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it
out?”
20 He
replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith
as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to
there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” [21]
After
six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and
led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was
transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became
as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them
Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
4 Peter
said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up
three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
5 While
he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud
said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
6 When
the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But
Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8 When
they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
9 As
they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone
what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
10 The
disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must
come first?”
11 Jesus
replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. 12 But
I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have
done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to
suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that
he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
