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And he answering said to them, `Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?
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But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'
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And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,
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and immediately, all the multitude having seen him, were amazed, and running near, were saluting him.
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And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?'
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and one out of the multitude answering said, `Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit;
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and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.'
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And he answering him, said, `O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;'
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and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing -- foaming.
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And he questioned his father, `How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, `From childhood,
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and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.'