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Matthew 17
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1 And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: CCC
2 And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow. CCC
3 And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him. CCC · Fathers
4 And Peter answering, said to 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. CCC
5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him. CCC
6 And the disciples hearing fell upon their face, and were very much afraid. CCC
7 And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them: Arise, and fear not. CCC
8 And they lifting up their eyes, saw no one, but only Jesus. CCC
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.
10 And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first? CCC
11 But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things. CCC
12 But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, But have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them. CCC · Fathers
13 Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist. CCC
14 And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water.
15 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
16 Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me.
17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.
18 Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?
19 Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain: Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove: and nothing shall be impossible to you.
20 But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
21 And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
22 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly.
23 And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachma? CCC
24 He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom, of their own children, or of strangers? CCC
25 And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free. CCC
26 But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee. CCC
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- CCC 554 “From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his…”
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- CCC 554 “From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his…”
“And for this reason did He [the Lord] confer with him face to face on the top of a mountain, Elias being also present, as the Gospel relates,”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XX. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 554 “From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his…”
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- CCC 554 “From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his…”
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- CCC 554 “From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his…”
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- CCC 554 “From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his…”
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- CCC 718 “John is "Elijah (who) must come." The fire of the Spirit dwells in him and makes him the forerunner of the coming…”
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- CCC 718 “John is "Elijah (who) must come." The fire of the Spirit dwells in him and makes him the forerunner of the coming…”
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- CCC 718 “John is "Elijah (who) must come." The fire of the Spirit dwells in him and makes him the forerunner of the coming…”
“… He was] on earth, to those who were affirming that Elijah must come before Christ: Elijah shall come, and restore all things; but I say unto you, that Elijah has already come, and they knew him not, but have done to him whatsoever they chose.”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter XLIX. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 718 “John is "Elijah (who) must come." The fire of the Spirit dwells in him and makes him the forerunner of the coming…”
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- CCC 554 “From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his…”
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- CCC 586 “Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay…”
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- CCC 586 “Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay…”
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- CCC 586 “Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay…”
- Matthew 17:27 in modern BiblesCCC 586
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- CCC 586 “Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay…”
“… for they are God's ministers, doing service for this very thing." This also the Lord confirmed, when He did not do what He was tempted to by the devil; but He gave directions that tribute should be paid to the tax-gatherers for Himself and Peter;”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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