Mark 9:2-29

21And six days later Jesus took with Him 2Peter, 3James, and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was 4transfigured before them; 3and 5His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4And Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. 5Peter responded and said to Jesus, “6Rabbi, it is good that we are here; 7let’s make three 8tabernacles, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6For he did not know how to reply; for they became terrified. 7Then a cloud 9formed, overshadowing them, and 10a voice 11came out of the cloud: “12This is My beloved Son; 13listen to Him!” 8And suddenly they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

914As they were coming down from the mountain, He 15gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, 16until the Son of Man rose from the dead. 10They 17seized upon 18that statement, discussing with one another 19what rising from the dead meant. 11And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that 20Elijah must come first?” 12And He said to them, “Elijah does come first and he restores all things. And yet how is it written of 21the Son of Man that 22He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13But I say to you that Elijah has 23indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him.”

1424And when they came back to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were 25amazed and began running up to greet Him. 16And He asked them, “What are you disputing with them?” 17And one person from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, because he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; 18and 26whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. And I told Your disciples so that they would cast it out, but they could not do it.” 19And He answered them and said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” 20And they brought 27the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. 21And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” 23But Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ 28All things are possible for the one who believes.” 24Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” 25When Jesus saw that 29a crowd was 30rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I 31command you, come out of him and do not enter him 32again!” 26And after crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!” 27But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him, and he got up. 28When He came 33into the house, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why is it that we could not cast it out?” 29And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything except prayer.”