Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

A Father Pleads With Jesus To Heal His Son Whom The Disciples Could Not Heal

¹⁴ And having come to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes debating^[a] with them. ¹⁵ And immediately all the multitude, having seen Him, were struck-with-wonder. And running-up, they were greeting Him. ¹⁶ And He asked them, “What are you debating with them?” ¹⁷ And one from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought my son having a mute spirit to You. ¹⁸ And wherever it overcomes^[b] him, it throws-him-to-the-ground, and he foams-at-the-mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes-stiff. And I spoke^[c] to Your disciples in order that they might cast it out, and they were not strong-enough ^[d]”. ¹⁹ And the One, having responded to them, says “O unbelieving^[e] generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I bear-with you? Bring him to Me”. ²⁰ And they brought him to Him. And having seen Him, the spirit immediately convulsed him. And having fallen on the ground, he was rolling-himself while foaming-at-the-mouth. ²¹ And He asked his father, “How long is it since this has happened to him?” And the one said, “From childhood. ²² And it often threw him even into fire and into waters in order that it might destroy him. But if You are able to do anything, help^[f] us, having felt-deep-feelings [of pity] toward us”. ²³ And Jesus said to him, “‘If You are able?’ All things are possible for the one believing”. ²⁴ Immediately, having cried-out, the father of the child was saying, “I believe. Help my unbelief ”. ²⁵ And Jesus, having seen that a crowd is running-together-upon them, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you— come out of him and enter into him no longer”. ²⁶ And having cried-out, and having convulsed him greatly, it came out. And he became as if dead, so that the majority were saying that “He died”. ²⁷ But Jesus, having taken hold of his hand, raised him. And he stood-up. ²⁸ And He having entered into a house, His disciples were questioning Him privately, “Why is it that we were not able to cast it out?” ²⁹ And He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer”.