Day 7 of 90

^17:1After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. ^17:2He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. ^17:3Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him. ^17:4Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ^17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.” ^17:6When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. ^17:7Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.” ^17:8Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone. ^17:9As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.” ^17:10His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” ^17:11Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things; ^17:12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.” ^17:13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer. ^17:14When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying, ^17:15“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ^17:16So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.” ^17:17Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.” ^17:18Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour. ^17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?” ^17:20He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. ^17:21But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.” ^17:22While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, ^17:23and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry. ^17:24When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?” ^17:25He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?” ^17:26Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt. ^17:27But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.” ^18:1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” ^18:2Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them ^18:3and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. ^18:4Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. ^18:5Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me, ^18:6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea. ^18:7“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes! ^18:8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. ^18:9If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire. ^18:10See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. ^18:11For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost. ^18:12“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? ^18:13If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. ^18:14Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. ^18:15“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. ^18:16But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ^18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector. ^18:18Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven. ^18:19Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. ^18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.” ^18:21Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” ^18:22Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. ^18:23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ^18:24When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. ^18:25But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ^18:26The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’ ^18:27The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt. ^18:28“But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ ^18:29“So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’ ^18:30He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due. ^18:31So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done. ^18:32Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. ^18:33Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’ ^18:34His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him. ^18:35So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.” ^19:1When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. ^19:2Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. ^19:3Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” ^19:4He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, ^19:5and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’? ^19:6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.” ^19:7They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?” ^19:8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. ^19:9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.” ^19:10His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.” ^19:11But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. ^19:12For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.” ^19:13Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. ^19:14But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” ^19:15He laid his hands on them, and departed from there. ^19:16Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” ^19:17He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” ^19:18He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ ^19:19‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” ^19:20The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?” ^19:21Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ^19:22But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions. ^19:23Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. ^19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.” ^19:25When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” ^19:26Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” ^19:27Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” ^19:28Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ^19:29Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. ^19:30But many will be last who are first, and first who are last.