1After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4And Peter said to Jesus, »Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make here three tabernacles—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.« 5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and a voice from the cloud said, »This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!« 6When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were filled with awe. 7But Jesus came and touched them and said, »Rise. Don’t be afraid.« 8And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. 9And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, »Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.« 10And the disciples asked him, »Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?« 11Jesus replied, »Elijah is coming first and will restore all things. 12But I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.« 13Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist. 14And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and kneeling before him said, 15»Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.« 17Then Jesus answered, »O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.« 18And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured from that moment. 19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, »Why could we not cast it out?« 20So he said to them, »Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.« 21 22Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, »The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, 23and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.« And they were greatly distressed. 24When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, »Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?« 25He said, »Yes.« And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, »What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from others?« 26And when Peter said, »From others,« Jesus said to him, »Then the sons are free. 27Nevertheless, so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you open its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for me and you.«