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They also asked him, "Why do the Torah-teachers say that Eliyahu has to come first?"
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"Eliyahu will indeed come first," he answered, "and he will restore everything. Nevertheless, why is it written in the Tanakh that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
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There's more to it: I tell you that Eliyahu has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as the Tanakh says about him."
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When they got back to the talmidim, they saw a large crowd around them and some Torah-teachers arguing with them.
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As soon as the crowd saw him, they were surprised and ran out to greet him.
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He asked them, "What's the discussion about?"
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One of the crowd gave him the answer: "Rabbi, I brought my son to you because he has an evil spirit in him that makes him unable to talk.
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Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground -- he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth and becomes stiff all over. I asked your talmidim to drive the spirit out, but they couldn't do it."
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"People without any trust!" he responded. "How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"
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They brought the boy to him; and as soon as the spirit saw him, it threw the boy into a convulsion.
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Yeshua asked the boy's father, "How long has this been happening to him?" "Ever since childhood," he said;