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¹ He did tell dem, "I tellin' yall, some uh yall what standin' here ean ga dead before ya see when God kingdom come wit all he power." ² Six days afta dat, Jesus did take Peter, James an' John up a high mountain by deysef. Den he did change in fronta dem. ³ All-uh-a-sudden, dey did see him in some shiny, white-white clothes; more white dan any bleach cud eva do. ⁴ Den dey see Elijah an' Moses appear an' start talkin' ta Jesus.

⁵ Peter say ta Jesus, "Teacha, is good dat we did come, so less make tree tent fa you an' Moses an' Elijah." ⁶ (Dey was so scared dat he didn' know what ta say!) ⁷ Den a cloud did come ova dem, an' dey hear a voice from da cloud sayin', "Dis my precious Son. Listen ta what he say." ⁸ Den when dey look roun', dey een see no one else but Jesus.

⁹ When dey was comin' down da mountain, Jesus tell dem ta don' tell no one what dey did see 'til da Son uh Man come back from da dead." ¹⁰ Da tree disciples een tell no one, but dey was aksin' deysef what "come back from da dead" mean. ¹¹ Dey did aks him, "Why da scribes does say Elijah haveta come firs'?"

¹² He tell dem, "Elijah does come first so he cud fix-up tings. Why dey write dat da Son uh Man haveta suffa an' have people hate him? ¹³ But I tell ya, Elijah did already come, an' dey did do whateva dey did wanna do ta him, jus' like dey did write 'bout him." ¹⁴ When dey did see da udda disciples, dey see one big crowd uh people roun' dem an' scribes was rowin' wit dem.

¹⁵ As soon as dey see Jesus, dey was very surprise, an' dey did run up ta welcome Him. ¹⁶ Jesus aks He disciples, "Wat yall runnin' on wit dem 'bout?" ¹⁷ Someone in da crowd did say, " Teacha, I bring my son ta you. He have one demon what is cause him be dumb. ¹⁸ It does make him have fits an' is trow him down, an' he is be foamin' at da mout', grindin' he teet' an' is go stiff-stiff. I aks ya disciple-dem if dey cudda cas' out da demon, but dey cudna do it."

¹⁹ He did answer dem, "Yall generation is don' believe. How long I haveta be wit yall an' take dis? Bring him here ta me." ²⁰ Dey did bring da boy, an' when da demon see Jesus, it did make him have fits. Da boy did fall on da groun' an' foam at da mout. ²¹ Jesus aks he fadda, "How long he been doin' dis?" Da fadda say, "He bin doin' dis since he was small. ²² It does make him trow hesef into da fire an' water an' is try ta kill him. If you cud, please have pity an' help us."

²³ Jesus say ta him, "'If you cud'? Anyting cud happen fa da one who does believe." ²⁴ Quick so, da daddy say, "I believe! Please help me have more fait." ²⁵ When Jesus did see da crowd uh people runnin' ta him, he rebuke da demon an' say, "You deaf an' dumb demon, I orderin' you ta come out dat boy an' don' eva go back inta him." ²⁶ Da demon shout out an' make da boy have bad bad fits before it did come out. Da boy did look like he was dead, an' da people say, "Da boy dead!"

²⁷ But Jesus take da boy han' an' help him stan' up. ²⁸ When Jesus gone back ta da house where it was private, da disciples did aks him, "How come we cudna get da demon out dat boy?" ²⁹ Jesus say, "Dem kinda demons need prayer fa dem ta get out."

³⁰ Dey lef' dat area an' did gone tru Galilee, but Jesus didn' wan noone ta know he was dere ³¹ cuz he was teachin' da disciples. Jesus tell dem, "Da Son uh Man ga be given inta da han' uh man an' dey ga kill him. When dey kill him, he ga rise up again in tree days" ³² Da disciples didn' know what He was talkin' 'bout, but dey was too scared to aks.

³³ Den dey did come ta Capernaum, an' when Jesus gone in da house he aks da disciples, "What yall was talkin' 'bout while we was walkin'?" ³⁴ Da disciples didn' say nuttin' cuz dey was rowin' wit' each udda ta see who was da bes'. ³⁵ Jesus did sit down an' tell dem come sit by him an' did say, "If ya wan be firs', den ya have ta be las' an' a servant ta erryone."

³⁶ He take one lil chile an' lif' him up an' say, ³⁷ "If anyone accep' dis chile in my name den dey accep' me; whoeva accep' me don' accep' me but da one who sen' me." ³⁸ John say ta him, "Teacha, we did see someone tryna cas' out demons in ya name, but we did stop him cuz he don' follow us." ³⁹ But Jesus say, "Don' stop him cuz een no one cud do good works in my name an' den talk bad 'bout me afta."

⁴⁰ Whoeva een against us is fa us. ⁴¹ Whoeva gee ya a cuppa wata ta drink in my name cuz you belong ta Christ, I tellin' ya, he een ga lose he prize. ⁴² Whoeva cause one uh dese chirren who believe in me ta stumble den it ga be betta fa him to have one big millstone put roun' he neck an' get trow in da sea. ⁴³ If ya hand' cause ya ta stumble den cut it off. Is betta ta go tru life wit one han' dan havin' two hans an' goin' ta hell where da fire neva stop burnin'.

^{44 1 45} If ya foot cause ya ta stumble den cut it off. It betta fa ya ta go life a cripple dan have ya two foot an' get trow in hell. ^{46 2 47} If ya eye cause ya ta stumble den take it out. It betta ta go tru life wit one eye dan ta have two eyes an' go ta hell ⁴⁸ where dem worms don' neva die an' da fire always burnin'. ⁴⁹ Erryone ga get salt wit' fire. ⁵⁰ Salt is good, but if da salt lose it saltiness ya cyan make it salty again. Treat each udda good like salt is gee food good good flava, an' have peace wit each udda.