Matthew 17 (NET)

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Matthew 17:1¹Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:28-36 Matt 26:37 Mark 5:37 2 Cor 13:1 2 Pet 1:18 Mark 9:2-13 Luke 8:51

Matthew 17:4⁴So Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters —one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:5-6 Luke 9:33 Rev 22:3-5 1 John 3:2 John 14:8-9 Ps 63:1-5 Exod 33:18-19 Isa 33:17 John 17:24 Ps 16:11

Matthew 17:5⁵While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 3:17 Matt 12:18 Deut 18:15 Mark 9:7 Heb 2:1-3 Rev 1:7 John 3:35 Mark 1:11 Luke 9:34-35 Luke 3:22

Matthew 17:6⁶When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 26:14 2 Pet 1:18 Judg 13:20 1 Chr 21:16 Acts 22:7 Dan 10:16-17 Dan 10:7-9 Dan 8:17 Ezek 3:23 Ezek 43:3

Matthew 17:8⁸When they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:36 Mark 9:8 Acts 12:10-11

Matthew 17:9⁹As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 8:30 Luke 24:46-47 Luke 8:56 Luke 9:21-22 Mark 9:9-13 Matt 16:20-21 Matt 17:12 Matt 17:23 Matt 8:20 Matt 8:4

Matthew 17:10¹⁰The disciples asked him, “Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 4:5-6 Matt 11:14 John 1:21 Mark 9:11 John 1:25 Matt 17:3-4 Matt 27:47-49

Matthew 17:11¹¹He answered, “Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 3:21 Luke 1:16-17 Mal 4:6 Luke 3:3-14

Matthew 17:12¹²And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 53:3-12 Acts 13:24-28 Mark 6:14-28 Matt 16:21 Acts 3:14-15 Acts 4:10 John 5:32-36 Mark 9:12-13 Acts 2:23 Acts 7:52

Matthew 17:13¹³Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 11:14

Matthew 17:15¹⁵and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 4:24 Job 1:10-19 Job 2:7 John 4:46-47 Luke 9:38-42 Mark 5:22-23 Mark 5:4-5 Mark 9:17-18 Mark 9:20-22 Matt 15:22

Matthew 17:16¹⁶I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 17:19-20 Acts 19:15-16 Luke 9:40 2 Kgs 4:29-31 Acts 3:16

Matthew 17:17¹⁷Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 14:11 Matt 6:30 Heb 3:16-19 Mark 16:14 Mark 9:19 Matt 8:26 Prov 1:22 Acts 13:18 Jer 4:14 Prov 6:9

Matthew 17:19¹⁹Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:28 Mark 4:10

Matthew 17:20²⁰He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 17:6 Mark 11:23 Luke 1:37 Luke 18:27 Matt 21:21 Mark 9:23 1 Cor 13:2 Matt 13:31 John 11:40 Mark 4:31

Matthew 17:22²²When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:21 Luke 18:31-34 Mark 8:31 Matt 17:23 Luke 24:46 Luke 24:6-7 Luke 9:22 Luke 9:44-45 Mark 9:30-32 Matt 20:17-18

Matthew 17:24²⁴After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 30:13 Exod 38:26

Matthew 17:25²⁵He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes—from their sons or from foreigners?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 22:21 Matt 22:17 Matt 22:19 Rom 13:6-7 1 Sam 17:25 Matt 3:15

Matthew 17:26²⁶After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Matthew 17:27²⁷But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:3 1 Cor 8:9 1 Cor 9:19-22 2 Cor 8:9 1 Cor 8:13 Rom 15:1-3 Jonah 1:17 Matt 15:12-14 1 Kgs 17:4 Ps 8:8

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