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13 [a]Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.

The Healing of a Boy with a Demon.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 17:13 See Mt 11:14.
  2. 17:14–20 Matthew has greatly shortened the Marcan story (Mk 9:14–29). Leaving aside several details of the boy’s illness, he concentrates on the need for faith, not so much on the part of the boy’s father (as does Mark, for Matthew omits Mk 9:22b–24) but on that of his own disciples whose inability to drive out the demon is ascribed to their little faith (Mt 17:20).