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37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. 38 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. 40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”

41 Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 43 They were all astonished at the majesty of God.

But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

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A Demon-possessed Boy Healed

37 Now it happened that on the next day, when[a] they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look with concern on my son, because he is my only son! 39 And behold, a spirit seizes him and suddenly he screams, and it convulses him with foam and rarely withdraws from him, battering him severely. 40 And I begged your disciples that they would expel it, and they were not able to do so.” 41 So Jesus answered and[b] said, “O unbelieving and perverted generation! How long[c] will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!” 42 And while[d] he was still approaching, the demon threw him down and convulsed him.[e] But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 43 And they were all astounded at the impressiveness of God.

Jesus Predicts His Suffering

But while they[f] were all marveling at all the things that he was doing, he said to his disciples,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:37 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had come down”)
  2. Luke 9:41 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Luke 9:41 Literally “until when”
  4. Luke 9:42 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“approaching”)
  5. Luke 9:42 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Luke 9:43 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“marveling”)