“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 17:15 in context
Matthew 17:12–18
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but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
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Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
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When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying,
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“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
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So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”
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Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
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Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
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