Mark 9 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Transfiguration

(Mat 16:28—17:13; Luk 9:27–36; 2Pe 1:16–18 )

Mar 9:1And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

Mar 9:2

Mar 9:2And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

Mar 9:3

Mar 9:3And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

Mar 9:4

Mar 9:4And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Mar 9:5

Mar 9:5And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

Mar 9:6

Mar 9:6Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

Mar 9:7

Mar 9:7And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

Mar 9:8

Mar 9:8And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

Mar 9:9

Mar 9:9And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

Mar 9:10

Mar 9:10And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

Mar 9:11

Mar 9:11And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

Mar 9:12

Mar 9:12And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

Mar 9:13

Mar 9:13But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

All Things Possible

(Mat 17:14–21; Luk 9:37–42 )

Mar 9:14

Mar 9:14And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.

Mar 9:15

Mar 9:15And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.

Mar 9:16

Mar 9:16And he said, What are you questioning them about?

Mar 9:17

Mar 9:17And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

Mar 9:18

Mar 9:18And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

Mar 9:19

Mar 9:19And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

Mar 9:20

Mar 9:20And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

Mar 9:21

Mar 9:21And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

Mar 9:22

Mar 9:22And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

Mar 9:23

Mar 9:23And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

Mar 9:24

Mar 9:24Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

Mar 9:25

Mar 9:25And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

Mar 9:26

Mar 9:26And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

Mar 9:27

Mar 9:27But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

Mar 9:28

Mar 9:28And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

Mar 9:29

Mar 9:29And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

Death and Resurrection Foretold

Mar 9:30

Mar 9:30And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

Mar 9:31

Mar 9:31For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

Mar 9:32

Mar 9:32But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

(Mat 18:1–5; Luk 9:46–48 )

Mar 9:33

Mar 9:33And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

Mar 9:34

Mar 9:34But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

Mar 9:35

Mar 9:35And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

Mar 9:36

Mar 9:36And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

Mar 9:37

Mar 9:37Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

Dire Warnings

(Mat 10:40–42; Luk 9:49, 50 )

Mar 9:38

Mar 9:38John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

Mar 9:39

Mar 9:39But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

Mar 9:40

Mar 9:40He who is not against us is for us.

Mar 9:41

Mar 9:41Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.

(Mat 18:6–9; Luk 17:1, 2 )

Mar 9:42

Mar 9:42And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

Mar 9:43

Mar 9:43And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

Mar 9:44

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Mar 9:45

Mar 9:45And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

Mar 9:46

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Mar 9:47

Mar 9:47And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

Mar 9:48

Mar 9:48Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.

Mar 9:49

Mar 9:49Everyone will be salted with fire.

Mar 9:50

Mar 9:50Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.