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¹ AND he said to them, Amen I say to you, There are some who are standing here, who shall not taste death, until they shall have seen the kingdom of Aloha come with power.² And after six days Jeshu took Kipha, and Jacub, and Juchanon, and led them up to a high mountain by themselves. And he was altered before their eyes:³ and his raiment shone, and became exceeding white as the snow; as the sons of man on earth could not make white.⁴ And there were seen with them Musha and Elia discoursing with Jeshu.⁵ And Kipha said to him, Rabi, it is good for us here to be: [fn] and let us make three tabernacles; for thee one, and for Musha one, and for Elia one. ⁶ But he knew not what he said, for they were in fear.⁷ And there was the cloud, and it shadowed over them: and the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, him hear. [fn] ⁸ And instantly, while the disciples looked, they saw no man, but Jeshu alone with them.⁹ And while they were descending from the mountain, he charged them to tell no man what they had seen, until the Son of man should have arisen from the dead.¹⁰ And they held discourse among themselves, and inquired what was this word, when he should have arisen from among the dead.¹¹ And they asked him, saying, How then say the Sophree that Elia must come before?¹² He said to them, Elia doth come before, to restore [fn] all things; and how it is written concerning the Son of man, that much he should suffer, and be rejected. ¹³ But I tell you, Elia hath also come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written concerning him.

¹⁴ AND when he came to his disciples, he saw with them a great crowd, and the Sophree questioning with them.¹⁵ And immediately all the crowd saw him, and wondered, and ran to salute him.¹⁶ And he inquired of the Sophree, What dispute you with them ?¹⁷ And one from the company answered and said, Malphona, [fn] I had brought my son to thee, because he hath a spirit which speaketh not; ¹⁸ and when he seizeth him, he dasheth him, and teareth and grindeth his teeth, and he becometh dry. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, but they could not.¹⁹ Jeshu answered, and said to him, O generation that believeth not ! how long shall I be with you ? how long shall I tolerate you ? bring him to me.²⁰ And they brought him unto him: and when the spirit saw him, he immediately dashed him, and he fell upon the ground; and was convulsed, and was torn.²¹ And Jeshu asked the father, How long is it from the time from which it was thus ? He saith to him, Behold, from his childhood.²² And many times he casteth him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but whatever thou canst, help me, and have mercy upon me.²³ Jeshu saith to him, If thou canst believe, every thing can be to him who believeth.²⁴ And in a moment the father of the youth cried out, weeping and saying, I am believing; help the defect [fn] of my faith. ²⁵ But when Jeshu saw the people running together, and assembling to him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to him, Spirit, deaf and unspeaking ! I command thee, come forth from him, and enter not into him again !²⁶ And that devil cried greatly, and crushed him, and went forth. And he became as the dead; as that many would say, He is dead.²⁷ But Jeshu took him by the hand, and raised him.²⁸ But when Jeshu had gone into the house, his disciples inquired of him by themselves, Why could not we cast him out?²⁹ Jeshu said to them, This kind with nothing can be cast out, but by fasting and prayer.

³⁰ And when he had gone forth from thence, they passed into Galila: and he was not willing that any man should know of him.³¹ And he taught his disciples, and told them, That the Son of man would be delivered into the hands of men, and they would kill him; and that when he was slain, on the third day he should arise.³² But they understood not [fn] his word, and feared to ask him. ³³ AND they came to Kapher-nachum: and when they had entered the house, he asked them of what they had argued in the way among themselves.³⁴ But they were silent: for they had contended in the way one with another, who should be greatest among them.³⁵ And Jeshu sat, and he called the twelve, and said to them, Whoever wills to be the first, shall be the last of all, and the servant of all.³⁶ And he took a certain child, and made him stand in the midst: and he took him upon his arms, and said to them,³⁷ Every one who receiveth (one who is) as this child in my name, me he receiveth: and whoever me receiveth, not me he receiveth, but Him who sent me.³⁸ Juchanon said to him, Rabi, we saw a man casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he did not adhere to us.³⁹ Jeshu saith to them, Forbid him not; for no man who doeth powerful works [fn] in my name, can soon speak of me that which is evil. ⁴⁰ He therefore who is not against you is for you.

⁴¹ For every one who shall give you only a cup of waters to drink in the name that you are of the Meshicha, Amen I say to you, He shall not lose his reward.⁴² And every one who shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it had been better [fn] for him that an ass-millstone had been set to his neck, and he had been cast forth into the sea. ⁴³ But if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: better [fn] for thee mutilated to go into life, than having two hands to go into gihana; ⁴⁴ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.⁴⁵ And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: better for thee to go into life lame, than having two feet to fall into gihana:⁴⁶ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.⁴⁷ And if thine eye offend thee, [fn] root it out: better for thee that with one eye thou enter the kingdom of Aloha, than having two eyes to fall into the gihana of fire: ⁴⁸ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched.⁴⁹ For every (thing) with fire is salted, and every victim with salt shall be salted.⁵⁰ Good is salt: but if the salt shall (become) insipid, how shall it be salted ? Let there be in you salt, and in peace be one with another.