Matthew 17:14-23

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Demoniac

^14 (A)When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying, ¹⁵ “^[a]Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a ^[b](B)lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him.” ¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.” ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured ^[c]at once.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not drive it out?” ²⁰ And He *said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, ^(C)if you have faith ^[d]the size of ^(D)a mustard seed, you will say to ^(E)this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and ^(F)nothing will be impossible to you. ²¹ [^[e](G)But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”]

^22 (H)And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be ^[f]delivered into the hands of men; ²³ and ^(I)they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.