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| V1  Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John.<Ref name="threeprst">{{threeprst}}</Ref> Luke says about 8 days,<Ref> Luke 9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.</Ref>
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| Jerome and tradition sees the Mountain as Tabor. 2 Peter 1:18 calls the mount "holy".<Ref>“‭And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.” [[2 Peter 1]]:18 </Ref> Because Tabor was occupied with a city and a fortress it does not seem a likely choice for prayer and the event. Others suspect Hermon which has been called "The Chief Mountain" which is near Cesarea Philippi and because [[Mark 9]]:30-42 suggests the return was through Galilee, and then came to Capernaum.
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| Transfigured before Peter, James, and John. Why these three?<Ref name="threeprst">{{threeprst}}</Ref> There were three when [[Moses]] went up in Exodus. <Ref>“‭1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.” [[Exodus 24]]:1</Ref> And there is the call for witnesses.<Ref>“‭16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.” [[Matthew 18]]:16</Ref><Ref name="threeprst">{{threeprst}}</Ref>
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| Luke tells us he spoke about his death in Jerusalem.<Ref >“‭Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.” [[Luke 9]]:31</Ref >
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| '''V9'''  <span style="color:red">''' Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.'''</span>
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| '''V10-V13''' [[John the Baptist]] was [[Elijah]].
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| '''V14-V21'''. [[Faith]], [[prayer]], and [[fasting]] plus [[Demons and Devils]].
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| '''V22-V23 ''' betrayal!
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| '''V24''' Doth not your master '''[[pay tribute]]'''?<Ref name="TempleTax">{{TempleTax}}</Ref>
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| What is [[Pay_tribute#The_Fishy_Tax_Story|fishy about this story]]? 
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| In the New Testament there three different words translated "[[tribute]]" which include [[5411|phoros (φόρος)]]<Ref name="phoros">{{5411}}</Ref>, [[2778| kensos (κeνσος)]]<Ref name="kensos">{{2778}}</Ref>  and  [[1323|didrachmon (δίδραχμον).]]<Ref name="didrachmon">{{1323}}</Ref>
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| In the [[bondage of Egypt]] the people were under [[tribute]].<Ref name="TempleTax">{{TempleTax}}</Ref>  They were to never go back there again. They often did. They had to eat at the [[table]] of the Pharoah which by consent gave his government the right to take 20% of their ''[[employ|labor]]''.
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| The [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] which should have been for their [[welfare]] but was a [[snare]] was bringing them back into [[bondage]].
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| It was one of those [[covetous practices]] that depend on men who [[exercise authority]] one over the other. It was making them [[merchandise]] because it [[entangled]] them in the [[yoke of bondage]] and would [[curse children]]. It would also subject the [[masses]] to the [[Fathers]] of the earth.
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| [[Legal charity]] not only [[snare]]s the people but it [[degenerate]] the [[social bonds]] of a free society as well as its [[moral]] character and therefor the fabric that binds society to give it the strength so it can resist [[tyranny]].
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| The only solution or [[salvation]] is to [[repent]] and [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[rightiousness]]. That includes the practice of [[Pure Religion]] instead of the [[covetous practices]] of the [[world]].
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| [[Corban]] of the [[Temples]] was a [[social welfare]] system. It included registration and even a form of [[Rabbinical Baptism]] that at least started back at Sinai. [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] set this new [[welfare]] system of [[free bread]] to provide for the widows and orphans and needy of society. [[Moses]] and [[Abraham]] had set [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]] but now by [[consent]] and registration the people became obligated to pay into that [[treasury]]. This was not [[Pure Religion]] because i t had a different ''means and method'' which was not [[freewill offerings]] or [[charity]] but [[force]]d offerings.  It was also a [[snare|snare and a trap]] that ''made the word of God to none effect'' and the people [[merchandise]] back in the [[bondage of Egypt]] that would require of its [[persons|members]] a [[tribute]].<Ref name="taxcol">"The Gabbai [tax collector], collected the regular dues, which consisted of property, income, and poll-tax and the Mokhes collected tax and duty upon imports and exports; sales tax; tolls, road excise tax, harbour-dues, town-dues, etc. They had invented taxes that reached into the life of almost everyone. There were taxes on axles, wheels, pack-animals, pedestrians, roads, highways; on admission to markets; on carriers, bridges, ships, and quays; on crossing rivers, on dams, on licenses, in short, on such a variety of objects, that even the research of modern scholars has not been able to identify all the names." ''Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah'', By Alfred Edersheim, CHAPTER III.</Ref>
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== The Transfiguration ==


[1] And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother<Ref name="threeprst">{{threeprst}}</Ref>, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

[2] And was transfigured<Ref name="transf">{{transf}}</Ref> 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 [[Elijah|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, <span style="color:red">''' Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.'''</span>

=== Elijah first ===

[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, <span style="color:red">''' Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.'''</span>

[12] But I say unto you, <span style="color:red">'''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. '''</span>

[13] Then the [[disciples]] understood that he spake unto them of [[John the Baptist]].

== Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon ==

[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, <span style="color:red">'''O faithless<Ref name="apistos">{{571}}</Ref>  and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. '''</span>

[18] And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him<Ref name="Possesed">{{Possesed}}</Ref>: 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, <span style="color:red">'''Because of your unbelief<Ref name="littlef">{{littlef}}</Ref>: 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. '''</span>

[21] <span style="color:red">''' Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by [[prayer]] and [[fasting]].<Ref>This is an [[omitted verse]] in several Bibles.</Ref>'''</span>

== Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection ==

[22] And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, <span style="color:red">''' The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:'''</span>

[23] <span style="color:red">'''And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.<Ref>{{3076}} </Ref>'''</span>

== The Temple Tax ==

[24] And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received [[tribute]]<Ref name="didrachmon">{{1323}}</Ref> money<Ref name="TempleTax">{{TempleTax}}</Ref> came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master [[pay tribute]]?<Ref name="didrachmon">{{1323}}</Ref>

[25] He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, <span style="color:red">''' What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom<Ref name="telos">{{5056}}</Ref> or [[tribute]]?(kensos)<Ref name="kensos">{{2778}}</Ref>   of their own children, or of strangers?'''</span>

[26] Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, <span style="color:red">''' Then are the children free.'''</span>

[27] <span style="color:red">''' 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.'''</span>
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