As they came down from the mountain, he commanded them to tell no one
what they had seen until after he had risen from the dead. And they
obeyed the command but discussed among themselves what "rising from the
dead" meant. Therefore they asked him, "How is it that the scribes say,
'Elijah must first come'?" He answered, "Elijah is to come first to
restore everything. And what is written about the Son of Man? Is it not
that he is to endure great suffering and be despised? But I tell you,
Elijah has come, and they have done to him what they pleased, even as it
is written of him."
JESUS TELLS HOW ONE MAY BECOME GREAT
Leaving Cæsarea Philippi, Jesus and his disciples passed through
Galilee; but he wished no one to know of this, for he was teaching his
disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed and men
will put him to death, but in three days he will rise from the dead."
But they did not understand his meaning and were afraid to ask.
When they had reached Capernaum and were in the house, he asked them,
"What were you arguing about on the way?" But they made no reply, for
they had been disputing on the way about which of them was greatest.
Sitting down, he called the twelve disciples, and said, "If any one
wishes to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all." Then he
took a little child and set him by his side and with his arm around him
said to them, "Whoever receives a little child like this in my name,
receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not only me, but God who
sent me."
JESUS MAKES THE WICKED ZACCHEUS HIS FRIEND
As Jesus passed through Jericho a man named Zaccheus, who was the chief
tax-gatherer and rich, tried to see what Jesus was like, but could not
on account of the crowd and because he was short. So he ran ahead and
climbed into a sycamore-tree to see Jesus, for he was to pass that way.
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus,
come down, for to-day I must stay at your house." And Zaccheus came down
quickly and welcomed him joyfully.
Then all who saw this began to find fault, saying, "He has gone to eat
with a man who is a sinner." But Zaccheus stood up and said to Jesus,
"Lord, I will give half of all that I have to the poor; and to every man
whom I have cheated out of anything I will give back four times as
much." And Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation has come to this house,
for you have proved yourself to be a true son of Abraham. For the Son of
Man came to seek and to save the lost."
JESUS IS GLADLY WELCOMED BY THE PEOPLE
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