Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon^(A)

¹⁴ As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus,^[a] knelt down in front of him, ¹⁵ and said, “Sir,^[b] have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. Often he falls into fire and often into water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”

¹⁷ Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!” ¹⁸ Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed that very hour.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

²⁰ He told them, “Because of your lack of faith.^[c] I tell all of you^[d] with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you. ²¹ But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.”^[e]