Matthew 17:14-20

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

14 ¹And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,

15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is ²an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

16 And I brought him to your disciples, and ³they could not heal him. ”

17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and ⁴twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? ⁵How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me. ”

18 And Jesus ⁶rebuked the demon, ^[a] and it^[b] came out of him, and ⁷the boy was healed instantly. ^[c]

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out? ”

20 He said to them, ⁸“Because of your little faith. For ⁹truly, I say to you, ¹⁰if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, ¹¹you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there, ’ and it will move, and ¹²nothing will be impossible for you. ” ^[d]

Cross References

• 1. 17:14 For ver. 14-19, see Mark 9:14-28; Luke 9:37-42
• 2. 17:15 ch. 4:24
• 3. 17:16 [ch. 10:1; Mark 6:7; Luke 10:17]
• 4. 17:17 Phil. 2:15; [John 20:27]
• 5. 17:17 [John 14:9]
• 6. 17:18 ch. 8:26; Zech. 3:2; Mark 1:25; Luke 4:35, 39; Jude 9
• 7. 17:18 See ch. 9:22
• 8. 17:20 [John 11:40]; See ch. 6:30
• 9. 17:20 ch. 21:21, 22; Mark 11:23
• 10. 17:20 Luke 17:6; [ch. 13:31]
• 11. 17:20 ver. 9; [1 Cor. 13:2]
• 12. 17:20 Mark 9:23

Footnotes

• [a] 17:18 Greek 'it'
• [b] 17:18 Greek 'the demon'
• [c] 17:18 Greek 'from that hour'
• [d] 17:20 Some manuscripts insert verse 21: 'But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting'