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[1] And after six days Jesus took Cephas, and James, and John his brother, and conducted them alone to a high mountain.
[2] And Jesus was changed before them: and his face shone like the sun; and his vestments became white like the light.
[3] And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, in conversation with him.
[4] Then Cephas answered and said to Jesus: My Lord, it is good for us to be here: and, if it please thee, we will make here three booths; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
[5] And while he was yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and there was a voice from the cloud which said: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have pleasure; hear ye him.
[6] And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their faces, and were much afraid.
[7] And Jesus came to them and touched them, and said: Arise, and be not afraid.
[8] And they raised their eyes, and they saw no person, except Jesus only.
[9] And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said to them: Speak of this vision before no person, until the Son of man shall have arisen from the dead.
[10] And his disciples asked him, and said to him: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come?
[11] Jesus answered, and said to them: Elijah doth first come, to fulfill every thing.
[12] And I say to you. That, behold, Elijah hath come, and they did not know him; and they have done to him whatever they pleased: and, in like manner, also the Son of man is to suffer from them.
[13] Then the disciples understood, that he spake to them of John the Baptizer.
[14] And when they came to the multitude, a man approached him, and bowed himself on his knees,
[15] and said to him: My Lord, compassionate me. I have a son who is a lunatic, and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire, and often into the water.
[16] And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.
[17] Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation ! How long shall I be with you? and how long bear with you? Bring him here to me.
[18] And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it departed from him: and from that hour the child was healed.
[19] Then came the disciples to Jesus, apart, and said to him: Why could not we heal him?
[20] Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Remove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for you.
[21] But this kind goeth not out, except by fasting and prayer.
[22] And while they were resident in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men;
[23] and they will kill him; and the third day he will arise. And it saddened them much.
[24] And when they came to Capernaum, those who receive the two drachmas of capitation money came to Cephas, and said to him: Doth not your rabbi pay his two drachmas?
[25] He said to them, Yes. And when Cephas had entered the house, Jesus anticipated him and said to him: How doth it appear to thee, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute and capitation money? of their children, or of aliens?
[26] Simon said to him: Of aliens. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.
[27] But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater : that take, and give for me and for thyself.
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