Matthew 17

1And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and leads them up onto a high mountain by themselves.

2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as the light.

3And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.

4Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will make three shelters here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.

7And Jesus came near and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.”

8And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus alone.

9And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

10And the disciples asked him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

11He answered, “Elijah indeed is coming and will restore all things.”

12But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.

13Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

14And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him, kneeling before him,

15and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is epileptic and suffers terribly; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.”

16And I brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

17But Jesus answered, “O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

18And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon came out of him; and the boy was healed from that hour.

19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”

20But he says to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

21But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.

22While they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,”

23and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised. And they were deeply grieved.

24When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma 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 collect duties or a poll tax—from their own sons or from others?”

26When he said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.”

27But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. And when you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.