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They answered, "John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen."

Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him.

They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"—not knowing what he said.

While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud.

When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him;

When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.

But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house.

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first."

The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!

So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'