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20 They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.
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So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
21 And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.
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Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”“From childhood,” he answered.
22 "It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!"
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“It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”
23 And Jesus said to him, " 'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes."
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“ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”
24 Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief."
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Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again."
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When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
26 After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!"
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The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.”
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up.
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But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.
28 When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately , "Why could we not drive it out?"
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After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
29 And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer."
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He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”
30 From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.
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They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were,
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