23. Jesus continued to say to all of them, “Any of you who want to be my follower must stop thinking about yourself and what you want. You must be willing to carry the cross that is given to you every day for following me.
24. Any of you who try to save the life you have will lose it. But you who give up your life for me will save it.
25. It is worth nothing for you to have the whole world if you yourself are destroyed or lost.
26. Don’t be ashamed of me and my teaching. If that happens, I will be ashamed of you when I come with my divine greatness and that of the Father and the holy angels.
27. Believe me when I say that some of you people standing here will see God’s kingdom before you die.”
28. About eight days after Jesus said these things, he took Peter, John, and James and went up on a mountain to pray.
29. While Jesus was praying, his face began to change. His clothes became shining white.
30. Then two men were there, talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.
31. They also looked bright and glorious. They were talking with Jesus about his death that would happen in Jerusalem.
32. Peter and the others were asleep. But they woke up and saw the glory of Jesus. They also saw the two men who were standing with him.
33. When Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said, “Master, it is good that we are here. We will put three tents here—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
34. While Peter was saying these things, a cloud came all around them. Peter, John, and James were afraid when the cloud covered them.
35. A voice came from the cloud and said, “This is my Son. He is the one I have chosen. Obey him.”
36. When the voice stopped, only Jesus was there. Peter, John, and James said nothing. And for a long time after that, they told no one about what they had seen.
37. The next day, Jesus, Peter, John, and James came down from the mountain. A large group of people met Jesus.
38. A man in the group shouted to him, “Teacher, please come and look at my son. He is the only child I have.
39. An evil spirit comes into him, and then he shouts. He loses control of himself and foams at the mouth. The evil spirit continues to hurt him and almost never leaves him.
40. I begged your followers to make the evil spirit leave my son, but they could not do it.”
41. Jesus answered, “You people today have no faith. Your lives are all wrong. How long must I be with you and be patient with you?” Then Jesus said to the man, “Bring your son here.”