Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Faith that moves mountains

¹⁴ When they came near the crowd, a man approached and knelt in front of him.

¹⁵ “Master,” he said, “take pity on my son! He suffers from awful fits which are frightful for him. He often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t cure him.”

¹⁷ “You unbelieving and twisted generation!” responded Jesus. “How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”

¹⁸ Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him. The boy was cured from that moment.

¹⁹ The disciples came to Jesus in private. “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” they asked.

²⁰ “Because of your lack of faith,” Jesus replied. “I’m telling you the truth: if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”