Matthew 17:14-18

EasyEnglish Bible

Jesus makes a boy well

¹⁴ Then Jesus, and the three disciples reached the place where the crowd was. A man came to Jesus. He went down on his knees in front of him. ¹⁵ He said to Jesus, ‘Please sir, be kind to my son. He cannot control his body. Sometimes he does not know what he is doing. Often he falls into the fire, or he falls into water. ¹⁶ I brought the boy to your disciples, but they could not make him well.’

¹⁷ Jesus replied, ‘You people today still do not believe in God. You have turned away from him. I have been with you for a long time and still you do not believe. It is difficult for me to be patient with you.’ Then Jesus said to the man, ‘Bring the boy here to me.’ ¹⁸ Jesus said to the bad spirit, ‘Stop!’ Then the bad spirit left the boy and immediately he became well again.