Matthew 17:15-25

15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a ¹lunatic and is very ill *; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

16 "I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."

17 And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long * shall I be with you? How long * shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me."

18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once *.

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

20 And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, ²if you have faith the size of ³a mustard seed, you will say to ⁴this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and ⁵nothing will be impossible to you.

21 [ "⁶But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."]

22 ⁷And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men;

23 and ⁸they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day." And they were deeply grieved.

The Tribute Money

24 When they came to Capernaum, those who collected ⁹the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay ¹⁰the two-drachma tax?"

25 He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect ¹¹customs or ¹²poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?"

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