Matthew 17:14-27

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

14 ¹And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,

15 said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is ²an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

16 And I brought him to your disciples, and ³they could not heal him."

17 And Jesus answered, "O faithless and ⁴twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? ⁵How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me."

18 And Jesus ⁶rebuked the demon,^[a] and it^[b] came out of him, and ⁷the boy was healed instantly.^[c]

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

20 He said to them, ⁸"Because of your little faith. For ⁹truly, I say to you, ¹⁰if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, ¹¹you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and ¹²nothing will be impossible for you."^[d]

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection

22 ¹³As they were gathering^[e] in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,

23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on ¹⁴the third day." And they were greatly distressed.

The Temple Tax

24 ¹⁵When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of ¹⁶the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?"

25 He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, ¹⁷"What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or ¹⁸tax? From their sons or from others?"

26 And when he said, "From others," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel.^[f] Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 14-19, see Mark 9:14-28; Luke 9:37-42
• 2. Matthew 4:24
• 3. [Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7; Luke 10:17]
• 4. Philippians 2:15; [John 20:27]
• 5. [John 14:9]
• 6. Matthew 8:26; Zechariah 3:2; Mark 1:25; Luke 4:35, 39; Jude 9
• 7. See Matthew 9:22
• 8. [John 11:40]; See Matthew 6:30
• 9. Matthew 21:21, 22; Mark 11:23
• 10. Luke 17:6; [Matthew 13:31]
• 11. ver. 9; [1 Corinthians 13:2]
• 12. Mark 9:23
• 13. For ver. 22, 23, see Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:43-45; [Matthew 16:21-28; Matthew 20:17-19]
• 14. See Mark 8:31
• 15. Mark 9:33
• 16. Exodus 30:13; Exodus 38:26
• 17. Matthew 18:12; Matthew 21:28
• 18. Matthew 22:17, 19; Mark 12:14; Romans 13:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek it
• [b]. Greek the demon
• [c]. Greek from that hour
• [d]. Some manuscripts insert verse 21: But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting
• [e]. Some manuscripts remained
• [f]. Greek stater, a silver coin worth four drachmas or approximately one shekel