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17 One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, “Teacher, I brought my son for you to heal—he can’t talk because he is possessed by a demon. 18 And whenever the demon is in control of him it dashes him to the ground and makes him foam at the mouth and grind his teeth and become rigid.[a] So I begged your disciples to cast out the demon, but they couldn’t do it.”

19 Jesus said to his disciples,[b] “Oh, what tiny faith you have; how much longer must I be with you until you believe? How much longer must I be patient with you? Bring the boy to me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:18 become rigid, or “is growing weaker day by day.”
  2. Mark 9:19 to his disciples, implied. Oh, what tiny faith you have, literally, “O unbelieving generation.”

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