Mark 9 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

The Transfiguration

9 And Jesus was saying to them, “^(A)Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

^{2 (B)}Six days later, Jesus *took with Him ^(C)Peter and ^[a]James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; ³ and ^(D)His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. ⁴ Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵ Peter *said to Jesus, “^(E)Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; ^(F)let us make three ^[b]tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ⁶ For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. ⁷ Then a cloud ^[c]formed, overshadowing them, and ^(G)a voice ^[d]came out of the cloud, “^(H)This is My beloved Son, ^[e]listen to Him!” ⁸ All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

^{9 (I)}As they were coming down from the mountain, He ^(J)gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, ^[f]until the Son of Man rose from the dead. ¹⁰ They ^[g]seized upon ^[h]that statement, discussing with one another ^[i]what rising from the dead meant. ¹¹ They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that ^(K)Elijah must come first?” ¹² And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of ^(L)the Son of Man that ^(M)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? ¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has ^[j]indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”

All Things Possible

^{14 (N)}When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵ Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were ^(O)amazed and began running up to greet Him. ¹⁶ And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?” ¹⁷ And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; ¹⁸ and ^[k]whenever it seizes him, it ^[l]slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and ^[m]stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.” ¹⁹ And 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!” ²⁰ They brought ^[n]the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. ²¹ And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²² It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” ²³ And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ ^(P)All things are possible to him who believes.” ²⁴ Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” ²⁵ When Jesus saw that ^(Q)a crowd was ^[o]rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I ^[p]command you, come out of him and do not enter him ^[q]again.” ²⁶ 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!” ²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. ²⁸ When He came ^(R)into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?” ²⁹ And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”

Death and Resurrection Foretold

^{30 (S)}From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it. ³¹ For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “^(T)The Son of Man is to be ^[r]delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.” ³² But ^(U)they ^[s]did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

^{33 (V)}They came to Capernaum; and when He ^[t]was in ^(W)the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?” ³⁴ But they kept silent, for on the way ^(X)they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. ³⁵ Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “^(Y)If anyone wants to be first, ^[u]he shall be last of all and servant of all.” ³⁶ Taking a child, He set him ^[v]before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, ³⁷ “^(Z)Whoever receives ^[w]one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

Dire Warnings

^{38 (AA)}John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and ^(AB)we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” ³⁹ But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. ^{40 (AC)}For he who is not against us is ^[x]for us. ⁴¹ For ^(AD)whoever gives you a cup of water to drink ^[y]because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

⁴² “^(AE)Whoever causes one of these ^[z]little ones who believe to stumble, it ^[aa]would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he ^[ab]had been cast into the sea. ^{43 (AF)}If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into ^[ac](AG)hell, into the ^(AH)unquenchable fire, ⁴⁴ [^[ad]where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.] ⁴⁵ If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into ^[ae](AI)hell, ⁴⁶ [^[af]where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.] ^{47 (AJ)}If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into ^[ag](AK)hell, ^{48 (AL)}where their worm does not die, and ^(AM)the fire is not quenched.

⁴⁹ “For everyone will be salted with fire. ⁵⁰ Salt is good; but ^(AN)if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you ^[ah]make it salty again? ^(AO)Have salt in yourselves, and ^(AP)be at peace with one another.”

Footnotes

1. Mark 9:2 Or Jacob
2. Mark 9:5 Or sacred tents
3. Mark 9:7 Or occurred
4. Mark 9:7 Or occurred
5. Mark 9:7 Or give constant heed
6. Mark 9:9 Lit except when
7. Mark 9:10 Or kept to themselves
8. Mark 9:10 Lit the statement
9. Mark 9:10 Lit what was the rising from the dead
10. Mark 9:13 Lit also
11. Mark 9:18 Or wherever
12. Mark 9:18 Or tears him
13. Mark 9:18 Or withers away
14. Mark 9:20 Lit him
15. Mark 9:25 Or running together
16. Mark 9:25 Or I Myself command
17. Mark 9:25 Or from now on
18. Mark 9:31 Or betrayed
19. Mark 9:32 Lit were not knowing
20. Mark 9:33 Lit had come
21. Mark 9:35 Or let him be
22. Mark 9:36 Lit in their midst
23. Mark 9:37 Lit one of such children
24. Mark 9:40 Or on our side
25. Mark 9:41 Lit in a name that you are Christ’s
26. Mark 9:42 I.e. humble
27. Mark 9:42 Lit is better for him if a millstone turned by a donkey is hung
28. Mark 9:42 Lit has been thrown
29. Mark 9:43 Gr Gehenna
30. Mark 9:44 Vv 44 and 46, which are identical to v 48, are not found in the early mss
31. Mark 9:45 Gr Gehenna
32. Mark 9:46 See v 44, note
33. Mark 9:47 Gr Gehenna
34. Mark 9:50 Lit season it

Cross references

1. Mark 9:1 : Matt 16:28; Mark 13:26; Luke 9:27
2. Mark 9:2 : Mark 9:2-8: Matt 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36
3. Mark 9:2 : Mark 5:37
4. Mark 9:3 : Matt 28:3
5. Mark 9:5 : Matt 23:7
6. Mark 9:5 : Matt 17:4; Luke 9:33
7. Mark 9:7 : 2 Pet 1:17f
8. Mark 9:7 : Matt 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22
9. Mark 9:9 : Mark 9:9-13: Matt 17:9-13
10. Mark 9:9 : Matt 8:4; Mark 5:43; 7:36; 8:30
11. Mark 9:11 : Mal 4:5; Matt 11:14
12. Mark 9:12 : Mark 9:31
13. Mark 9:12 : Matt 16:21; 26:24
14. Mark 9:14 : Mark 9:14-28: Matt 17:14-19; Luke 9:37-42
15. Mark 9:15 : Mark 14:33; 16:5, 6
16. Mark 9:23 : Matt 17:20; John 11:40
17. Mark 9:25 : Mark 9:15
18. Mark 9:28 : Mark 2:1; 7:17
19. Mark 9:30 : Mark 9:30-32: Matt 17:22, 23; Luke 9:43-45
20. Mark 9:31 : Matt 16:21; Mark 8:31; 9:12
21. Mark 9:32 : Luke 2:50; 9:45; 18:34; John 12:16
22. Mark 9:33 : Mark 9:33-37: Matt 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48
23. Mark 9:33 : Mark 3:19
24. Mark 9:34 : Matt 18:4; Mark 9:50; Luke 22:24
25. Mark 9:35 : Matt 20:26; 23:11; Mark 10:43, 44; Luke 22:26
26. Mark 9:37 : Matt 10:40; Luke 10:16; John 13:20
27. Mark 9:38 : Mark 9:38-40: Luke 9:49, 50
28. Mark 9:38 : Num 11:27-29
29. Mark 9:40 : Matt 12:30; Luke 11:23
30. Mark 9:41 : Matt 10:42
31. Mark 9:42 : Matt 18:6; Luke 17:2; 1 Cor 8:12
32. Mark 9:43 : Matt 5:30; 18:8
33. Mark 9:43 : Matt 5:22
34. Mark 9:43 : Matt 3:12; 25:41
35. Mark 9:45 : Matt 5:22
36. Mark 9:47 : Matt 5:29; 18:9
37. Mark 9:47 : Matt 5:22
38. Mark 9:48 : Is 66:24
39. Mark 9:48 : Matt 3:12; 25:41
40. Mark 9:50 : Matt 5:13; Luke 14:34f
41. Mark 9:50 : Col 4:6
42. Mark 9:50 : Mark 9:34; Rom 12:18; 2 Cor 13:11; 1 Thess 5:13