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suffer.” 13 Then the disciples realized
he was talking about John the Baptist.
14At the foot of the mountain, a large
crowd was waiting for them. A man
came and knelt before Jesus and said,
15“Lord, have mercy on my son. He has
seizures and suffers terribly. He often
falls into the fire or into the water. 16So I
brought him to your disciples, but they
couldn’t heal him.”
17 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with
you? How long must I put up with you?
Bring the boy here to me.” 18Then Jesus
rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left
him. From that moment the boy was
well.
19Afterward the disciples asked Jesus
privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that
demon?”
20 “You don’t have enough faith,”
Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if
you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it
would move. Nothing would be impossible.*”
22After they gathered again in Galilee,
Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his
enemies. 23He will be killed, but on the
third day he will be raised from the
dead.” And the disciples were filled with
grief.
24On their arrival in Capernaum, the
collectors of the Temple tax* came to
Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your
teacher pay the Temple tax?”
25“Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then
he went into the house.
But before he had a chance to speak,
Jesus asked him, “What do you think,
Peter?* Do kings tax their own people
or the people they have conquered?*”
26“They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied.
“Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens
are free! 27However, we don’t want to offend them, so go down to the lake and
throw in a line. Open the mouth of the
first fish you catch, and you will find a
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large silver coin.* Take it and pay the tax
for both of us.”
17:10 Greek that Elijah must come first? 17:20 Some
manuscripts add verse 21, But this kind of demon won’t
leave except by prayer and fasting. Compare Mark 9:29.
17:24 Greek the two-drachma [tax]; also in 17:24b. See
Exod 30:13-16; Neh 10:32-33. 17:25a Greek Simon?
17:25b Greek their sons or others? 17:27 Greek a stater
[a Greek coin equivalent to four drachmas].
PSALM 22:1-18
For the choir director: A psalm of David,
to be sung to the tune “Doe of the Dawn.”
My God, my God, why have you
abandoned me?
Why are you so far away when
I groan for help?
2 Every day I call to you, my God, but
you do not answer.
Every night I lift my voice,
but I find no relief.
1
Yet you are holy,
enthroned on the praises
of Israel.
4 Our ancestors trusted in you,
and you rescued them.
5 They cried out to you and were
saved.
They trusted in you and were
never disgraced.
3
But I am a worm and not a man.
I am scorned and despised by all!
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me.
They sneer and shake their heads,
saying,
8 “Is this the one who relies on the
Lord?
Then let the Lord save him!
If the Lord loves him so much,
let the Lord rescue him!”
6
Yet you brought me safely from
my mother’s womb
and led me to trust you at my
mother’s breast.
10 I was thrust into your arms at
my birth.
You have been my God from the
moment I was born.
9
11
Do not stay so far from me,
for trouble is near,
and no one else can help me.
