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[1] AND he said to them, Amen I say to you, There are some who are standing here, who shall not taste death, until they shall have seen the kingdom of Aloha come with power.
[2] And after six days Jeshu took Kipha, and Jacub, and Juchanon, and led them up to a high mountain by themselves. And he was altered before their eyes:
[3] And his raiment shone, and became exceeding white as the snow; as the sons of man on earth could not make white.
[4] And there were seen with them Musha and Elia discoursing with Jeshu.
[5] And Kipha said to him, Rabi, it is good for us here to be:ⓘ and let us make three tabernacles; for thee one, and for Musha one, and for Elia one.
[6] But he knew not what he said, for they were in fear.
[7] And there was the cloud, and it shadowed over them: and the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, him hear.ⓘ
[8] And instantly, while the disciples looked, they saw no man, but Jeshu alone with them.
[9] And while they were descending from the mountain, he charged them to tell no man what they had seen, until the Son of man should have arisen from the dead.
[10] And they held discourse among themselves, and inquired what was this word, when he should have arisen from among the dead.
[11] And they asked him, saying, How then say the Sophree that Elia must come before?
[12] He said to them, Elia doth come before, to restoreⓘ all things; and how it is written concerning the Son of man, that much he should suffer, and be rejected.
[13] But I tell you, Elia hath also come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written concerning him.
[14] AND when he came to his disciples, he saw with them a great crowd, and the Sophree questioning with them.
[15] And immediately all the crowd saw him, and wondered, and ran to salute him.
[16] And he inquired of the Sophree, What dispute you with them?
[17] And one from the company answered and said, Malphona,ⓘ I had brought my son to thee, because he hath a spirit which speaketh not;
[18] And when he seizeth him, he dasheth him, and teareth and grindeth his teeth, and he becometh dry. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, but they could not.
[19] Jeshu answered, and said to him, O generation that believeth not! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I tolerate you? bring him to me.
[20] And they brought him unto him: and when the spirit saw him, he immediately dashed him, and he fell upon the ground; and was convulsed, and was torn.
[21] And Jeshu asked the father, How long is it from the time from which it was thus? He saith to him, Behold, from his childhood.
[22] And many times he casteth him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but whatever thou canst, help me, and have mercy upon me.
[23] Jeshu saith to him, If thou canst believe, every thing can be to him who believeth.
[24] And in a moment the father of the youth cried out, weeping and saying, I am believing; help the defectⓘ of my faith.
[25] But when Jeshu saw the people running together, and assembling to him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to him, Spirit, deaf and unspeaking! I command thee, come forth from him, and enter not into him again!
[26] And that devil cried greatly, and crushed him, and went forth. And he became as the dead; as that many would say, He is dead.
[27] But Jeshu took him by the hand, and raised him.
[28] But when Jeshu had gone into the house, his disciples inquired of him by themselves, Why could not we cast him out?
[29] Jeshu said to them, This kind with nothing can be cast out, but by fasting and prayer.
[30] And when he had gone forth from thence, they passed into Galila: and he was not willing that any man should know of him.
[31] And he taught his disciples, and told them, That the Son of man would be delivered into the hands of men, and they would kill him; and that when he was slain, on the third day he should arise.
[32] But they understood notⓘ his word, and feared to ask him.
[33] AND they came to Kapher-nachum: and when they had entered the house, he asked them of what they had argued in the way among themselves.
[34] But they were silent: for they had contended in the way one with another, who should be greatest among them.
[35] And Jeshu sat, and he called the twelve, and said to them, Whoever wills to be the first, shall be the last of all, and the servant of all.
[36] And he took a certain child, and made him stand in the midst: and he took him upon his arms, and said to them,
[37] Every one who receiveth [one who is] as this child in my name, me he receiveth: and whoever me receiveth, not me he receiveth, but Him who sent me.
[38] Juchanon said to him, Rabi, we saw a man casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he did not adhere to us.
[39] Jeshu saith to them, Forbid him not; for no man who doeth powerful worksⓘ in my name, can soon speak of me that which is evil.
[40] He therefore who is not against you is for you.
[41] For every one who shall give you only a cup of waters to drink in the name that you are of the Meshicha, Amen I say to you, He shall not lose his reward.
[42] And every one who shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it had been betterⓘ for him that an ass-millstone had been set to his neck, and he had been cast forth into the sea.
[43] But if thy hand offend thee,ⓘ cut it off: betterⓘ for thee mutilated to go into life, than having two hands to go into gihana;
[44] Where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.
[45] And if thy foot offend thee,ⓘ cut it off: better for thee to go into life lame, than having two feet to fall into gihana:
[46] Where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.
[47] And if thine eye offend thee,ⓘ root it out: better for thee that with one eye thou enter the kingdom of Aloha, than having two eyes to fall into the gihana of fire:
[48] Where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.
[49] For every [thing] with fire is salted, and every victim with salt shall be salted.
[50] Good is salt: but if the salt shall [become] insipid, how shall it be salted? Let there be in you salt, and in peace be one with another.
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