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Matthew 17:8-14 English Standard Version (ESV)

8. And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

9. And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

10. And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”

11. He answered, “Elijah does come, and he will restore all things.

12. But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.”

13. Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.

14. And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,