So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 17:16 in context
Matthew 17:13–19
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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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Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
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