Mark chapter 9 begins with the event in which Jesus took Peter, James, and John up on a high mountain and was transfigured in glorious form. Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with Jesus, and out of the cloud came the voice saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!” (Mark 9:7). Coming down from the mountain, Jesus met a child seized by a mute spirit, whom the disciples could not heal. When the child’s father pleaded with Him to help his lacking faith, Jesus cast out the spirit and raised the child up. Then Jesus spoke again of how He would be delivered into the hands of men, be killed, and rise from the dead in three days, but the disciples did not understand what He meant. When the disciples argued over who was the greatest, Jesus taught that whoever desires to be first must become last of all and a servant, and He received a little child. He also said not to forbid a man who did not follow them from casting out demons in His name, and He sternly warned against causing one little one to stumble. At the end, He told them to cut off sin decisively, to have salt in themselves, and to have peace with one another. This chapter shows that the glorious Son of God walks the path of suffering, death, and resurrection, and that the disciple who follows Him must pursue faith, prayer, humble service, holiness, and peace with one another.

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