Mark 9:2-13 (NRSV)

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured beforethem, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who weretalking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one forElijah. He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him! Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from thedead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead could mean. Then they asked him, "Why do the scribes saythat Elijah must come first? He said to them, "Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of Man, that heis to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it iswritten about him. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.

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