9:2 Six days later 5 Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them, 6 9:3 and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them. 9:4 Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, 7 and they were talking with Jesus. 9:5 So 8 Peter said to Jesus, 9 “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters 10 – one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 9:6 (For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.) 11 9:7 Then 12 a cloud 13 overshadowed them, 14 and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my one dear Son. 15 Listen to him!” 16 9:8 Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus.
9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 9:10 They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.
9:11 Then 17 they asked him, 18 “Why do the experts in the law 19 say that Elijah must come first?” 9:12 He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised? 9:13 But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.”
9:14 When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law 20 arguing with them. 9:15 When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran 21 at once and greeted him. 9:16 He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 9:17 A member of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute. 9:18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but 22 they were not able to do so.” 23 9:19 He answered them, 24 “You 25 unbelieving 26 generation! How much longer 27 must I be with you? How much longer must I endure 28 you? 29 Bring him to me.” 9:20 So they brought the boy 30 to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He 31 fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 9:21 Jesus 32 asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 9:22 It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 9:23 Then Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?’ 33 All things are possible for the one who believes.”