Matthew 17 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et post dies sex assumit Jesus Petrum, et Jacobum, et Joannem fratrem ejus, et ducit illos in montem excelsum seorsum:
1 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
2 et transfiguratus est ante eos. Et resplenduit facies ejus sicut sol: vestimenta autem ejus facta sunt alba sicut nix.
2 He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
3 Et ecce apparuerunt illis Moyses et Elias cum eo loquentes.
3 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
4 Respondens autem Petrus, dixit ad Jesum: Domine, bonum est nos hic esse: si vis, faciamus tria tabernacula, tibi unum, Moysi unum, et Eliæ unum.
4 Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 Adhuc eo loquente, ecce nubes lucida obumbravit eos. Et ecce vox de nube, dicens: Hic est Filius meus dilectus, in quo mihi bene complacui: ipsum audite.
5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
6 Et audientes discipuli ceciderunt in faciem suam, et timuerunt valde.
6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
7 Et accessit Jesus, et tetigit eos: dixitque eis: Surgite, et nolite timere.
7 Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”
8 Levantes autem oculos suos, neminem viderunt, nisi solum Jesum.
8 Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
9 Et descendentibus illis de monte, præcepit eis Jesus, dicens: Nemini dixeritis visionem, donec Filius hominis a mortuis resurgat.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
10 Et interrogaverunt eum discipuli, dicentes: Quid ergo scribæ dicunt, quod Eliam oporteat primum venire?
10 His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
11 At ille respondens, ait eis: Elias quidem venturus est, et restituet omnia.
11 Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things;
12 Dico autem vobis, quia Elias jam venit, et non cognoverunt eum, sed fecerunt in eo quæcumque voluerunt. Sic et Filius hominis passurus est ab eis.
12 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
13 Tunc intellexerunt discipuli, quia de Joanne Baptista dixisset eis.
13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
14 Et cum venisset ad turbam, accessit ad eum homo genibus provolutus ante eum, dicens: Domine, miserere filio meo, quia lunaticus est, et male patitur: nam sæpe cadit in ignem, et crebro in aquam.
14 When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying,
15 Et obtuli eum discipulis tuis, et non potuerunt curare eum.
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
16 Respondens autem Jesus, ait: O generatio incredula, et perversa, quousque ero vobiscum? usquequo patiar vos? Afferte huc illum ad me.
16 So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”
17 Et increpavit illum Jesus, et exiit ab eo dæmonium, et curatus est puer ex illa hora.
17 Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
18 Tunc accesserunt discipuli ad Jesum secreto, et dixerunt: Quare nos non potuimus ejicere illum?
18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
19 Dixit illis Jesus: Propter incredulitatem vestram. Amen quippe dico vobis, si habueritis fidem sicut granum sinapis, dicetis monti huic: Transi hinc illuc, et transibit, et nihil impossibile erit vobis.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
20 Hoc autem genus non ejicitur nisi per orationem et jejunium.
20 He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
21 Conversantibus autem eis in Galilæa, dixit illis Jesus: Filius hominis tradendus est in manus hominum:
21 But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
22 et occident eum, et tertia die resurget. Et contristati sunt vehementer.
22 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
23 Et cum venissent Capharnaum, accesserunt qui didrachma accipiebant ad Petrum, et dixerunt ei: Magister vester non solvit didrachma?
23 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.
24 Ait: Etiam. Et cum intrasset in domum, prævenit eum Jesus, dicens: Quid tibi videtur Simon? reges terræ a quibus accipiunt tributum vel censum? a filiis suis, an ab alienis?
24 When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”
25 Et ille dixit: Ab alienis. Dixit illi Jesus: Ergo liberi sunt filii.
25 He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”
26 Ut autem non scandalizemus eos, vade ad mare, et mitte hamum: et eum piscem, qui primus ascenderit, tolle: et aperto ore ejus, invenies staterem: illum sumens, da eis pro me et te.
26 Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt. 27 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 9:28–36; Matthew 26:37; Mark 5:37; Mark 9:2–13; 2 Peter 1:18
- 2 Psalm 104:2; Matthew 28:3; John 1:14; Luke 9:29; John 17:24
- 3 Malachi 4:5; Luke 24:44; Mark 9:4; 1 Kings 18:36–40; 2 Corinthians 3:7–11
- 4 Mark 9:5–6; Luke 9:33; Revelation 22:3–5; 1 John 3:2; John 14:8–9
- 5 Matthew 3:17; Matthew 12:18; Mark 9:7; Deuteronomy 18:15; Hebrews 2:1–3
- 6 Acts 26:14; Judges 13:20; 2 Peter 1:18; Daniel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 21:16
- 7 Daniel 10:18; Matthew 14:27; Daniel 8:18; Revelation 1:17; Daniel 10:10
- 8 Luke 9:36; Mark 9:8; Acts 12:10–11
- 9 Mark 8:30; Luke 24:46–47; Matthew 16:20–21; Mark 9:9–13; Matthew 8:4
- 10 Malachi 4:5–6; Matthew 11:14; John 1:21; Mark 9:11; John 1:25
- 11 Acts 3:21; Luke 1:16–17; Malachi 4:6; Luke 3:3–14
- 12 Isaiah 53:3–12; Acts 13:24–28; Mark 6:14–28; Matthew 16:21; Acts 4:10
- 13 Matthew 11:14
- 14 Mark 9:14–29; Mark 1:40; Acts 10:25–26; Mark 10:17; Luke 9:37–43
- 15 Matthew 4:24; Matthew 15:22; Mark 5:22–23; Job 2:7; Luke 9:38–42
- 16 Matthew 17:19–20; Acts 19:15–16; Luke 9:40; 2 Kings 4:29–31; Acts 3:16
- 17 Numbers 14:11; Matthew 6:30; Hebrews 3:16–19; Mark 16:14; Mark 9:19
- 18 Matthew 9:22; Mark 1:34; Matthew 12:22; Luke 4:35–36; Mark 5:8
- 19 Mark 9:28; Mark 4:10
- 20 Luke 17:6; Mark 11:23; Luke 1:37; Luke 18:27; Matthew 21:21
- 22 Matthew 16:21; Luke 18:31–34; Mark 8:31; Matthew 17:23; Luke 24:46
- 23 Matthew 16:21; Isaiah 53:10–12; Zechariah 13:7; Mark 8:31; Psalm 22:22–31
- 24 Exodus 30:13; Exodus 38:26
- 25 Matthew 22:21; Matthew 22:19; Romans 13:6–7; Matthew 22:17; 1 Samuel 17:25
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