Mark 9:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² Jesus answered, “They are right to say that Elijah {\cf2\super [109]} must come first. Elijah makes all things the way they should be. But why does the Scripture {\cf2\super [110]} say that the Son of Man {\cf2\super [111]} will suffer much and that people will think he is worth nothing?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And He said to them, Elijah, it is true, does come first to restore all things and set them to rights. And how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be utterly despised and be treated with contempt and rejected? [Isa. 53:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all things: and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be set at nought?

Common English Bible

¹² He answered, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. Why was it written that the Human One would suffer many things and be rejected?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But I say to you, that Elijah also has arrived, (and they have done to him whatever they wanted) just as it has been written about him."

Mark 9:12 Cross References

Psalm 74:22

God, get up and fight!\par Remember, those fools challenged you!\par

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord, the Holy One of Israel,\par the Protector of Israel says,\par “My Servant is humble.\par He serves rulers.\par But people hate him.\par But, kings will see him,\par and stand \{to honor him\}.\par Great leaders will bow down to him.”\par

Isaiah 50:6

I will let those people beat me. I will let them pull the hair from my beard. I will not hide my face when they say bad things to me and spit at me.

Zechariah 11:13

Then the Lord told me, “So that’s how much they think I’m worth. Throw that large amount of money {\cf2\super [29]} into the temple treasury.” So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw them into the treasury at the Lord’s temple.

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Sword, hit the shepherd! Hit my friend! Hit the shepherd and the sheep will run away. And I will punish those little ones.

Malachi 4:6

Elijah will help the parents become close to their children. And he will help the children become close to their parents. This must happen, or I (God) will come and completely destroy your country!”

Matthew 16:21

From that time Jesus began telling his followers that he must go to Jerusalem. Jesus explained that the older Jewish leaders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law would make him suffer many things. And Jesus told his followers that he must be killed. Then, on the third day, he would be raised from death.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [402]} will go \{and die\}. The Scriptures {\cf2\super [403]} say this will happen. But it will be very bad for the person that gives the Son of Man \{to be killed\}. It would be better for that person if he were never born.”

Mark 10:33

Jesus said, “We are going to Jerusalem. The Son of Man {\cf2\super [132]} will be given to the leading priests and teachers of the law. The priests and the teachers of the law will say that the Son of Man must die. They will give the Son of Man to the non-Jewish people.

Mark 9:13

I tell you that Elijah has already come. And people did to him all the \{bad\} things they wanted to do. The Scriptures said this would happen to him.”

Mark 9:31

Jesus wanted to teach his followers alone. Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man {\cf2\super [112]} will be given to people that will kill him. After three days, he will rise from death.”

Luke 1:76

“Now you, little boy, will be called a prophet {\cf2\super [25]} of the Most High (God).\par You will go first before the Lord\par to make the people ready\par for the Lord’s coming.\par

Luke 23:11

Then Herod and his soldiers laughed at Jesus. They made fun of Jesus by dressing him in clothes like kings wear. Then Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate.

Luke 23:39

One of the criminals began to shout very bad things at Jesus: “Aren’t you the Christ {\cf2\super [379]} ? Then save yourself! And save us too!”

Acts 1:6

The apostles {\cf2\super [4]} were all together. They asked Jesus, “Lord, is this the time for you to give the Jews their kingdom again?”

Acts 4:11

Jesus is