5. While he was going on like this, babbling, a light-radiant cloud enveloped them, and sounding from deep in the cloud a voice: “This is my Son, marked by my love, focus of my delight. Listen to him.”
9. Coming down the mountain, Jesus swore them to secrecy. “Don’t breathe a word of what you’ve seen. After the Son of Man is raised from the dead, you are free to talk.”
10. The disciples, meanwhile, were asking questions. “Why do the religion scholars say that Elijah has to come first?”
19. When the disciples had Jesus off to themselves, they asked, “Why couldn’t we throw it out?”
20. “Because you’re not yet taking God seriously,” said Jesus. “The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, ‘Move!’ and it would move. There is nothing you wouldn’t be able to tackle.”
24. When they arrived at Capernaum, the tax men came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay taxes?”