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World English Bible

Matthew 17 (WEBP)

[1] After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
[2] He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
[3] Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
[4] Peter 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.”
[5] While 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.”
[6] When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
[7] Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”
[8] Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
[9] As 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.”
[10] His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
[11] Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things;
[12] but 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.”
[13] Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
[14] When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying,
[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.
[16] So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”
[17] Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
[18] Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
[19] Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
[20] He 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.
[21] But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
[22] While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
[23] and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.
[24] When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”
[25] He 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?”
[26] Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.
[27] But, 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.”

Matthew 17:2 or, transfigured
Matthew 17:21 NU omits verse 21.
Matthew 17:24 A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days’ wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
Matthew 17:27 A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, usually in the form of a silver coin.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Matthew 17 (KJVS)

[1] And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
[2] and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
[3] And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
[4] Then answered Peter, and said unto 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] While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
[6] And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
[7] And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
[8] And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
[9] And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
[10] And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
[11] And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
[12] But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
[13] Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
[14] And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
[15] Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
[16] And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
[17] Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
[18] And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
[19] Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
[20] And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
[21] Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
[22] And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
[23] and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
[24] And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
[25] He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
[26] Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
[27] Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

Matthew 17:24 Called in the original Didrachma, being in value fifteen pence
Matthew 17:27 Or, a stater. It is half an ounce of silver, in value two shillings six pence, after five shillings the ounce is 7.d. ob.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Matthew 17 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () μεθ’ () ἡμέρας () ἓξ () παραλαμβάνει () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () τὸν () Πέτρον () καὶ () Ἰάκωβον () καὶ () Ἰωάννην () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀναφέρει () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () ὄρος () ὑψηλὸν () κατ’ () ἰδίαν. ()
[2] Καὶ () μετεμορφώθη () ἔμπροσθεν () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἔλαμψεν () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () ὁ () ἥλιος, () τὰ () δὲ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ () ἐγένοντο () λευκὰ () ὡς () τὸ () φῶς. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἰδού, () ὤφθησαν () αὐτοῖς () Μωσῆς () καὶ () Ἠλίας, () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () συλλαλοῦντες. ()
[4] Ἀποκριθεὶς () δὲ () ὁ () Πέτρος () εἶπεν () τῷ () Ἰησοῦ, () Κύριε, () καλόν () ἐστιν () ἡμᾶς () ὧδε () εἶναι· () εἰ () θέλεις, () ποιήσωμεν () ὧδε () τρεῖς () σκηνάς, () σοὶ () μίαν, () καὶ () Μωσῇ () μίαν, () καὶ () μίαν () Ἠλίᾳ. ()
[5] Ἔτι () αὐτοῦ () λαλοῦντος, () ἰδού, () νεφέλη () φωτεινὴ () ἐπεσκίασεν () αὐτούς· () καὶ () ἰδού, () φωνὴ () ἐκ () τῆς () νεφέλης, () λέγουσα, () Οὗτός () ἐστιν () ὁ () υἱός () μου () ὁ () ἀγαπητός, () ἐν () ᾧ () εὐδόκησα· () αὐτοῦ () ἀκούετε. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἀκούσαντες () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () ἔπεσον () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν () σφόδρα. ()
[7] Καὶ () προσελθὼν () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () ἥψατο () αὐτῶν () καὶ () εἶπεν, () Ἐγέρθητε () καὶ () μὴ () φοβεῖσθε. ()
[8] Ἐπάραντες () δὲ () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτῶν, () οὐδένα () εἶδον, () εἰ () μὴ () τὸν () Ἰησοῦν () μόνον. ()
[9] Καὶ () καταβαινόντων () αὐτῶν () ἐκ () τοῦ () ὄρους, () ἐνετείλατο () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () λέγων, () Μηδενὶ () εἴπητε () τὸ () ὅραμα, () ἕως () οὗ () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () ἐκ () νεκρῶν () ἀναστῇ. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐπηρώτησαν () αὐτὸν () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () αὐτοῦ () λέγοντες, () Τί () οὖν () οἱ () γραμματεῖς () λέγουσιν () ὅτι () Ἠλίαν () δεῖ () ἐλθεῖν () πρῶτον; ()
[11] Ὁ () δὲ () Ἰησοῦς () ἀποκριθεὶς () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς, () Ἠλίας () μὲν () ἔρχεται () πρῶτον, () καὶ () ἀποκαταστήσει () πάντα· ()
[12] λέγω () δὲ () ὑμῖν () ὅτι () Ἠλίας () ἤδη () ἦλθεν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐπέγνωσαν () αὐτόν, () ἀλλὰ () ἐποίησαν () ἐν () αὐτῷ () ὅσα () ἠθέλησαν· () οὕτως () καὶ () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () μέλλει () πάσχειν () ὑπ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[13] Τότε () συνῆκαν () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () ὅτι () περὶ () Ἰωάννου () τοῦ () βαπτιστοῦ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἐλθόντων () αὐτῶν () πρὸς () τὸν () ὄχλον, () προσῆλθεν () αὐτῷ () ἄνθρωπος () γονυπετῶν () αὐτὸν ()
[15] καὶ () λέγων, () Κύριε, () ἐλέησόν () μου () τὸν () υἱόν, () ὅτι () σεληνιάζεται () καὶ () κακῶς () πάσχει· () πολλάκις () γὰρ () πίπτει () εἰς () τὸ () πῦρ, () καὶ () πολλάκις () εἰς () τὸ () ὕδωρ. ()
[16] Καὶ () προσήνεγκα () αὐτὸν () τοῖς () μαθηταῖς () σου, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠδυνήθησαν () αὐτὸν () θεραπεῦσαι. ()
[17] Ἀποκριθεὶς () δὲ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () εἶπεν, () Ὦ () γενεὰ () ἄπιστος () καὶ () διεστραμμένη, () ἕως () πότε () ἔσομαι () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν; () Ἕως () πότε () ἀνέξομαι () ὑμῶν; () Φέρετέ () μοι () αὐτὸν () ὧδε. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἐπετίμησεν () αὐτῷ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () τὸ () δαιμόνιον, () καὶ () ἐθεραπεύθη () ὁ () παῖς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ὥρας () ἐκείνης. ()
[19] Τότε () προσελθόντες () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () τῷ () Ἰησοῦ () κατ’ () ἰδίαν () εἶπον, () Διὰ () τί () ἡμεῖς () οὐκ () ἠδυνήθημεν () ἐκβαλεῖν () αὐτό; ()
[20] Ὁ () δὲ () Ἰησοῦς () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς, () Διὰ () τὴν () ἀπιστίαν () ὑμῶν. () Ἀμὴν () γὰρ () λέγω () ὑμῖν, () ἐὰν () ἔχητε () πίστιν () ὡς () κόκκον () σινάπεως, () ἐρεῖτε () τῷ () ὄρει () τούτῳ, () Μετάβηθι () ἐντεῦθεν () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () μεταβήσεται· () καὶ () οὐδὲν () ἀδυνατήσει () ὑμῖν. ()
[21] Τοῦτο () δὲ () τὸ () γένος () οὐκ () ἐκπορεύεται () εἰ () μὴ () ἐν () προσευχῇ () καὶ () νηστείᾳ. ()
[22] Ἀναστρεφομένων () δὲ () αὐτῶν () ἐν () τῇ () Γαλιλαίᾳ, () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () Μέλλει () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () παραδίδοσθαι () εἰς () χεῖρας () ἀνθρώπων, ()
[23] καὶ () ἀποκτενοῦσιν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () τῇ () τρίτῃ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐγερθήσεται. () Καὶ () ἐλυπήθησαν () σφόδρα. ()
[24] Ἐλθόντων () δὲ () αὐτῶν () εἰς () Καπερναούμ, () προσῆλθον () οἱ () τὰ () δίδραχμα () λαμβάνοντες () τῷ () Πέτρῳ () καὶ () εἶπον, () Ὁ () διδάσκαλος () ὑμῶν () οὐ () τελεῖ () τὰ () δίδραχμα; ()
[25] Λέγει, () Ναί. () Καὶ () ὅτε () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὴν () οἰκίαν, () προέφθασεν () αὐτὸν () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () λέγων, () Τί () σοι () δοκεῖ, () Σίμων; () Οἱ () βασιλεῖς () τῆς () γῆς () ἀπὸ () τίνων () λαμβάνουσιν () τέλη () ἢ () κῆνσον; () Ἀπὸ () τῶν () υἱῶν () αὐτῶν, () ἢ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἀλλοτρίων; ()
[26] Λέγει () αὐτῷ () ὁ () Πέτρος, () Ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἀλλοτρίων. () Ἔφη () αὐτῷ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () Ἄρα () γε () ἐλεύθεροί () εἰσιν () οἱ () υἱοί. ()
[27] Ἵνα () δὲ () μὴ () σκανδαλίσωμεν () αὐτούς, () πορευθεὶς () εἰς () τὴν () θάλασσαν () βάλε () ἄγκιστρον, () καὶ () τὸν () ἀναβαίνοντα () πρῶτον () ἰχθὺν () ἆρον· () καὶ () ἀνοίξας () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ, () εὑρήσεις () στατῆρα· () ἐκεῖνον () λαβὼν () δὸς () αὐτοῖς () ἀντὶ () ἐμοῦ () καὶ () σοῦ. ()

Matthew 17:1 Ἰωάννην ¦ WH Ἰωάνην
Matthew 17:2 ἐγένοντο ¦ CT PCK PT RPmg TR ἐγένετο
Matthew 17:3a ὤφθησαν ¦ CT ὤφθη
Matthew 17:3b Μωσῆς ¦ CT Μωϋσῆς
Matthew 17:3c Ἠλίας ¦ WH Ἠλείας
Matthew 17:3d μετ’ αὐτοῦ συλλαλοῦντες ¦ NA SBL συλλαλοῦντες μετ’ αὐτοῦ ¦ TH WH συνλαλοῦντες μετ’ αὐτοῦ
Matthew 17:4a ποιήσωμεν ¦ CT ποιήσω
Matthew 17:4b Μωσῇ ¦ PCK PT Μωσεῖ ¦ CT Μωϋσεῖ
Matthew 17:4c μίαν Ἠλίᾳ ¦ NA SBL TH Ἠλίᾳ μίαν ¦ WH Ἠλείᾳ μίαν
Matthew 17:5a φωτεινὴ ¦ WH φωτινὴ
Matthew 17:5b αὐτοῦ ἀκούετε ¦ CT ἀκούετε αὐτοῦ
Matthew 17:6 ἔπεσον ¦ CT ἔπεσαν
Matthew 17:7 προσελθὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἥψατο αὐτῶν καὶ ¦ CT προσῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἁψάμενος αὐτῶν
Matthew 17:8 τὸν ¦ CT αὐτὸν
Matthew 17:9a ἐκ ¦ PT TR ἀπὸ
Matthew 17:9b ἀναστῇ ¦ NA SBL WH ἐγερθῇ
Matthew 17:10a αὐτοῦ ¦ NA SBL WH om.
Matthew 17:10b Ἠλίαν ¦ WH Ἠλείαν
Matthew 17:11a Ἰησοῦς ¦ CT om.
Matthew 17:11b αὐτοῖς ¦ CT om.
Matthew 17:11c Ἠλίας ¦ WH Ἠλείας
Matthew 17:11d πρῶτον ¦ CT om.
Matthew 17:12a Ἠλίας ¦ WH Ἠλείας
Matthew 17:12b ἀλλὰ ¦ NA28 PCK PT TH TR ἀλλ’
Matthew 17:13 Ἰωάννου ¦ WH Ἰωάνου
Matthew 17:14a αὐτῶν ¦ CT om.
Matthew 17:14b αὐτὸν ¦ TR αὐτῷ
Matthew 17:15 πάσχει ¦ TH WH ἔχει
Matthew 17:17 ἔσομαι μεθ’ ὑμῶν ¦ CT μεθ’ ὑμῶν ἔσομαι
Matthew 17:18 ἐθεραπεύθη ¦ PCK ἰάθη
Matthew 17:19 εἶπον ¦ WH εἶπαν
Matthew 17:20a Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν ¦ CT λέγει
Matthew 17:20b ἀπιστίαν ¦ CT ὀλιγοπιστίαν
Matthew 17:20c Μετάβηθι ἐντεῦθεν ¦ CT Μετάβα ἔνθεν
Matthew 17:21a Τοῦτο … νηστείᾳ ¦ CT om.
Matthew 17:21b Guardian Press: Τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος οὐκ ἐκπορεύεται εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ (ℵ2) C D E F G H K L M O S U V W X Y Γ Δ Π Σ Φ Ω 047 0211 (399) 461 565 566 892c 1080 1143 1295 1424 1500 2224 2500 (ℵ2: ἐκβάλλεται for ἐκπορεύεται; 399: ἐξέρχεται for ἐκπορεύεται) ¦ om. ℵ∗ B Θ 0281 33 892∗
Matthew 17:22a Ἀναστρεφομένων ¦ CT Συστρεφομένων
Matthew 17:22b ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ ¦ PT εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν
Matthew 17:24a Καπερναούμ ¦ CT Καφαρναούμ
Matthew 17:24b εἶπον ¦ CT εἶπαν
Matthew 17:24c τὰ ¦ [NA]
Matthew 17:25 ὅτε εἰσῆλθεν ¦ PCK ὅτε εἰσῆλθον ¦ CT ἐλθόντα
Matthew 17:26 Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος ¦ CT Εἰπόντος δέ
Matthew 17:27a τὴν ¦ CT om.
Matthew 17:27b ἀναβαίνοντα ¦ CT PCK PT RPmg TR ἀναβάντα

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.