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And they askedhim,saying, Whysay the scribesthatEliasmustfirstcome?
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And he answered and toldthem,Eliasverilycomethfirst, and restoreth all things;andhow it is writtenof the Son of man,that he must suffer many things,and be set at nought.
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But I say unto you,ThatEliasisindeedcome, and they have done unto himwhatsoever they listed, as it is writtenofhim.
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And when he cameto his disciples, he saw a greatmultitudeaboutthem,and the scribesquestioning with them.
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Andstraightwayall the people, when they beheldhim, were greatly amazed, and running to him salutedhim.
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And he asked the scribes,What question yewiththem[a]?
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Andoneof the multitudeanswered and said, Master, I have broughtuntotheemyson, which hath a dumbspirit;
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Andwheresoeverhetakethhim, he teareth[b]him:and he foameth, andgnasheth with histeeth,and pineth away: and I spake to thydisciplesthat they should casthimout; and they couldnot.
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He answerethhim,andsaith, Ofaithlessgeneration, how longshall I bewithyou? how longshall I sufferyou?bringhimuntome.
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And they broughthimuntohim:and when he sawhim,straightway the spirittarehim;and he fellon the ground, and wallowedfoaming.
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And he askedhisfather,How long is itagosincethiscame unto him?And he said, Of a child.