Matthew Chapter 17

• Matthew 17:1
  Matthew.
• Matthew 17:2
  After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
• Matthew 17:3
  He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
• Matthew 17:4
  Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
• Matthew 17:5
  Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one f...
• Matthew 17:6
  While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom...
• Matthew 17:7
  When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
• Matthew 17:8
  Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”
• Matthew 17:9
  Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
• Matthew 17:10
  As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dea...
• Matthew 17:11
  His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
• Matthew 17:12
  Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things;
• Matthew 17:13
  but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also s...
• Matthew 17:14
  Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
• Matthew 17:15
  When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying,
• Matthew 17:16
  “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
• Matthew 17:17
  So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”
• Matthew 17:18
  Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
• Matthew 17:19
  Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
• Matthew 17:20
  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
• Matthew 17:21
  He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ...
• Matthew 17:22
  But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
• Matthew 17:23
  While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
• Matthew 17:24
  and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.
• Matthew 17:25
  When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”
• Matthew 17:26
  He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive tol...
• Matthew 17:27
  Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.
• Matthew 17:28
  But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will fin...