CHAP. XVII.
The transfiguration of Christ:
He cures the lunatick child,
foretels his passion: and pays
the didrachma.
1 And after six days
Jesus taketh unto
him Peter and James, and
John his brother, and bringeth
them up into a high
mountain apart:
2 And he was transfigured
before them. And his face
did shine as the sun: and
his garments became white as
snow.
3 And behold there appeared
to them Moses and
Elias talking with him.
4 Then Peter answering,
said to Jesus: Lord, it is
-- --
good for us to be here: if
thou wilt, let us make here
three tabernacles, one for thee,
and one for Moses, and one
for Elias.
5 And as he was yet speaking,
behold a bright cloud
overshadowed them. And lo a
voice out of the cloud, saying:
This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased:
hear ye him.
6 And the disciples hearing,
fell upon their face, and
were very much afraid.
7 And Jesus came and
touched them: and said to
them: Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they lifted
up their eyes, they saw no
man, but only Jesus.
9 And as they came down
from the mountain, Jesus
charged them, saying: Tell
the vision to no man, till the
son of man be risen from
the dead.
10 And his disciples asked
him, saying: Why then do
the scribes say that Elias must
come first?
11 But he answering, said
to them: Elias indeed shall
come, and restore all things.
12 But I say to you, that
Elias is already come, and
they knew him not, but have
done unto him whatsoever
they had a mind. So also the
son of man shall suffer from
them.
13 Then the disciples understood
that he had spoken
to them of John the Baptist.
14 And when he was come
to the multitude, there came
to him a man falling down
on his knees before him, saying:
Lord have pity on my
son, for he is lunatick, and
suffereth much: for he falleth
often into the fire, and
often into the water.
15 And I brought him to
thy disciples, and they could
not cure him.
16 Then Jesus answered,
and said: O unbelieving and
perverse generation, how long
shall I be with you? how
long shall I suffer you? Bring
him hither to me.
17 And Jesus rebuked
him, and the devil went out
of him, and the child was
cured from that hour.
18 Then came the disciples
to Jesus secretly, and
said: Why could not we cast
him out?
19 Jesus said to them:
Because of your unbelief. For
amen I say to you, if you
have faith note as a grain of
mustard-seed, you shall say to
this mountain, Remove from
hence to yonder place, and it
-- --
shall remove; and nothing
shall be impossible to you.
20 But this kind is not cast
out but by prayer and fasting.
21 And while they abode
together in Galilee, Jesus
said to them: The son of
man shall be betrayed into
the hands of men:
22 And they shall kill him,
and the third day he shall rise
again. And they were troubled
exceedingly.
23 And when they were
come to Capharnaum, they
that received note the didrachmas,
came to Peter, and said
to him: Doth not your master
pay the didrachma?
24 He said: Yes. And
when he was come into the
house, Jesus prevented him,
saying: What is thy opinion,
Simon? Of whom do the
kings of the earth take tribute
or custom? of their own
children, or of strangers?
25 And he said: Of
strangers. Jesus said to
him: Then the children are
free.
26 But that we may not
scandalize them, go thou to
the sea, and cast in a hook:
and that fish which shall first
come up, take: and when
thou hast opened its mouth,
thou shalt find a stater: take
that, and give it to them for
me and thee.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
