Matthew 17

Matthew 17:1

• After six days
• After six days,
• And after six days

• Jesus

• took
• took with

• Peter,
• him Peter and
• Him Peter and
• him Peter,
• Peter and

• James, and
• James and

• John his

• brother, and
• brother John, and
• brother John and

• led
• brought

• them up a
• them up on a

• high

• mountain by
• mountain, by
• mountain

• themselves;
• themselves.
• alone;
• alone.

Matthew 17:2

• and he
• And he
• and He
• And He
• He
• There he

• was transfigured before

• them.
• them;
• them; and
• them, and

• his
• His

• face
• face became
• face was

• shone like the
• bright like the

• sun. And
• sun and
• sun, and
• sun.

• his
• His

• clothes
• garments
• clothing

• became as
• became

• white as
• white as the

• light.
• light,

Matthew 17:3

• And behold, Moses and
• Suddenly, Moses and
• Moses and
• All at once Moses and
• Then Moses and

• Elijah appeared to

• them
• them,
• them. They
• them; they

• talking with
• were talking with

• Him.
• him.
• Jesus.

Matthew 17:4

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 17:5

• While he
• While Peter
• He

• was

• still
• yet

• speaking, behold, a bright cloud

• overshadowed
• came over
• covered

• them, and a
• them. A
• them, and
• them: and

• voice from the
• voice out of the

• cloud,
• cloud
• cloud and

• said: This
• said, ‘This
• said, “This
• saying, “This
• saying, This
• saying, ‘This

• is

• my
• My

• beloved
• dear
• own dear
• dearly loved

• Son in whom
• Son, in whom
• Son, with whom
• Son,
• Son.

• I am well

• pleased.
• pleased—
• pleased;

• Listen to
• listen to
• Hear
• hear

• Him.
• Him!
• him.’
• Him!”
• him.”
• him!”

Matthew 17:6

• When the disciples heard this, they

• fell on
• fell

• their

• faces, and were
• faces and were
• faces,

• terrified.
• filled with awe.

Matthew 17:7

• But Jesus
• and Jesus
• And Jesus
• Jesus
• Then Jesus

• came and
• came over and

• touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Do

• n’t
• not

• be

• afraid.
• afraid,’
• afraid.’
• afraid!”
• afraid.”

Matthew 17:8

• And when they
• When they

• raised
• lifted up

• their

• eyes,
• eyes

• they

• saw no
• saw

• one, except
• one except
• one, but
• one but

• Jesus.
• Jesus only.
• Jesus alone.
• only Jesus.
• Jesus himself alone.
• Jesus Himself alone.

Matthew 17:9

• As they were coming down the

• mountain,
• mountain

• Jesus

• commanded them
• commanded them, “
• commanded them,
• commanded
• ordered
• gave

• Do
• saying, “
• saying, ‘
• them
• them, “

• n’t tell
• Tell no
• Don’t tell
• not to tell

• one the
• anyone about the

• vision, until the
• vision until the

• Son of

• Man
• man

• is
• has been

• raised from the
• risen from the

• dead.”
• dead.’
• dead.

Matthew 17:10

• The disciples
• The disciples,
• And the disciples
• The followers
• Then the disciples
• And His disciples
• So the disciples

• asked

• him, ‘Why
• him, “Why
• Jesus, “Why

• do the

• scribes
• teachers of the Law
• teachers of the law

• say that
• say that ‘

• Elijah

• must
• has to

• come
• come before the

• first’?”
• first?’
• first?”
• first?
• Messiah comes?”

Matthew 17:11

• Jesus
• And he
• And He

• answered and said, “

• Elijah
• Elijah indeed

• does
• is

• coming and
• coming, and

• will

• restore all
• get
• restore

• things.
• things;
• things,
• everything.’
• everything;

Matthew 17:12

• “But I
• But I
• but I
• and I
• And I

• tell
• say to

• you that
• you,
• you:

• Elijah has already

• come and
• come, and

• they
• people

• did

• not
• n’t

• recognize
• know

• him. But
• him, but
• him but

• did to
• treated

• him whatever
• him as

• they

• pleased.
• wished.

• So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their

• hands.’
• hands.”
• hands.

Matthew 17:13

• Then the

• disciples
• followers

• understood that
• realized
• realized that

• He
• he
• Jesus

• was talking to them about
• was talking about
• had spoken to them about
• spoke to them of
• was speaking to them of
• spoke to them about
• was speaking to them about

• John the

• Baptist.
• Baptizer.

Matthew 17:14

• When they
• And when they

• came to the
• returned to the
• came near the

• crowd, a
• crowd a
• crowd. A
• multitude, a
• people, a
• people. A

• man

• came to
• approached,
• approached
• came up to
• approached and

• him, knelt before
• Jesus and bowed before
• Jesus, knelt before
• Jesus and knelt before
• knelt down before
• him, kneeling down to
• Him, kneeling down to

• Him.
• him.
• him,
• him
• Him and saying,
• him, saying,

Matthew 17:15

• “Lord,
• and said, “Lord,
• The man said, “Lord,
• and said, “Sir,

• have
• take

• mercy on
• pity on

• my

• son.
• son:
• son!
• son, for
• son, because

• He
• he

• is an
• has
• is
• is a

• epileptic, and
• epileptic and
• seizures and
• lunatic and

• suffers

• terribly; for
• terribly, for
• terribly.
• terribly;

• He
• he

• often

• falls into the
• falls into

• fire, and
• fire and

• often into the
• often into

• water;
• water.

Matthew 17:16

• I
• and I
• And I
• So I

• brought
• took

• him to

• your
• Your

• disciples but
• disciples. But
• disciples, but
• disciples and
• disciples, and
• followers but
• followers, but

• they

• could
• were not

• not
• n’t
• able to

• heal
• cure

• him.
• him.’
• him.”

Matthew 17:17

• Jesus
• And Jesus

• answered, “
• answered and said, “
• said, ‘
• said, “
• replied, “

• You unbelieving and
• You faithless and
• O faithless and
• O unbelieving and
• Faithless and

• perverse
• corrupt
• twisted

• generation, how
• generation! How

• long
• much longer

• must
• will
• shall

• I

• be with
• stay with

• you? How

• long
• much longer

• must
• will
• shall
• do

• I

• put up with
• endure
• have to put up with
• bear with
• continue to be patient with

• you?

• Bring
• Bring the

• him
• boy

• here to

• Me.”
• me.”
• Me.
• me.’
• me!”

Matthew 17:18

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 17:19

• Then the
• Afterwards the

• disciples

• came to
• approached

• Jesus
• Jesus when

• privately and
• privately, and

• said, Why
• said, “Why

• could
• were

• we not

• cast
• drive
• drive the

• it out?
• it out?’
• it out?”
• demon out?”
• demon?”
• it?”

Matthew 17:20

• He
• And he
• And He
• Jesus

• said to them, “Because of your little

• faith; for
• faith. For

• truly
• truly,

• I

• tell
• say to
• assure

• you, if
• you: If
• you that if
• you this: if

• you have

• faith the
• faith as a
• faith like a

• size of a mustard
• mustard
• grain of mustard

• seed,
• seed

• you

• will
• can
• could

• say to this
• tell this

• mountain, ‘
• mountain, “

• Move from
• Go from

• here to

• there,’ and
• there,” and

• it

• will
• would

• move;
• move.
• move, and
• move; and

• nothing
• Nothing

• will
• would

• be

• impossible for
• impossible to

• you.
• you.”
• you.’

Matthew 17:21

• But this kind
• However, this kind

• does

• not go out except by
• not come out except by

• prayer and

• fasting.”
• fasting.’
• fasting.

Matthew 17:22

• When they
• While they
• As they
• And while they
• They
• While Jesus and his disciples
• Later, the followers

• were gathering in
• came together in
• met together in
• were together in
• were staying in

• Galilee,
• Galilee.

• Jesus
• he

• said to
• told

• them, ‘The
• them, “The
• them, The
• them: “The

• Son of
• son of

• Man
• man

• is going to be betrayed into human

• hands.
• hands,

Matthew 17:23

• and they
• They

• will
• shall

• kill

• Him, and on the
• him, and on the
• Him, and the
• him, and the

• third day

• He
• he

• will
• shall

• be raised.” And
• be raised on the third day.” And
• be raised up. And
• be raised up.” And
• be raised from the dead.” And the

• they
• disciples
• followers

• were
• became

• filled with
• greatly
• very
• exceeding
• deeply
• exceedingly

• distressed.
• sad.
• grief.
• sorry.
• sadness.

Matthew 17:24

• When they
• After they
• They

• came to
• arrived in
• arrived at
• reached

• Capernaum the
• Caperna-um, the
• Capernaum, the

• collectors of the

• Temple tax
• temple tax
• two-drachma tax

• came to
• approached
• came up to

• Peter and
• Peter, and
• Peter.

• said, ‘
• said, “
• asked, ‘
• asked, “

• Does
• Doesn’t

• your

• Teacher
• teacher
• master

• not

• pay the
• pay

• temple tax?”
• Temple tax?”
• tax?”
• two-drachma tax?”

Matthew 17:25

• He
• “Yes,” he
• Peter

• said, “Yes.” And when
• said, “Yes.” When

• he
• Peter

• came into the
• went into the

• house
• house,

• Jesus

• spoke to
• anticipated

• him,
• him
• Peter

• first, “What
• first. “What
• first, saying, “What
• saying, “What

• do you think, Simon? From whom do the

• kings of the
• kings of this

• earth

• collect
• take

• tolls or
• toll or

• taxes from—
• taxes, from
• taxes—from
• tribute? From
• tax? From

• their
• their own

• sons, or from
• sons or from
• children or from
• children, or from

• foreigners?’
• foreigners?”
• others?”
• strangers?”
• outsiders?”

Matthew 17:26

• “From others,” Peter
• “From strangers,” he
• Peter said to him, “From strangers.”
• Peter said to Him, “From strangers.”

• Jesus said to him, “Then the

• sons are free.
• sons are exempt.

Matthew 17:27

• However, so that we do

• n’t
• not

• offend
• give offense to

• them, go to the

• sea,
• lake and
• sea and

• cast a
• throw in a
• cast in a
• throw out your

• hook, and
• hook and
• hook;
• hook.

• take the
• Take the

• first fish that

• comes up; and when
• comes up. And when
• comes up, and when
• comes up. When

• you

• open
• have opened

• its

• mouth
• mouth,
• mouth, and
• mouth and

• you

• will
• ’ll

• find a
• find a four

• coin;
• coin.
• piece of money;
• piece of money.
• four-drachma coin.
• shekel.
• shekel;

• Take that, and
• take that and
• Take that and

• give it to them for

• Me and
• me and
• you and

• you.”
• Me.”
• me.”