{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/matthew/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:25:22.532Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":17,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And Peter answering said to Jesus, 'Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths — for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, — the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, 'Rise, be not afraid,'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, 'Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And his disciples questioned him, saying, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And Jesus answering said to them, 'Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and I say to you — Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.'"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and saying, 'Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.'"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And Jesus answering said, 'O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, 'Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"and this kind doth not go forth except in prayer and fasting.'"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 'The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,' and they were exceeding sorry."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, 'Your teacher — doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, 'Yes.'"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth — from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Peter saith to him, 'From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, 'Then are the sons free;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'"}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 17 (YLT)","markdown":"[Matthew 17](https://primebible.com/ylt/matthew/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/matthew/17 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}