The Healing of a Boy with a Demon^(A)

¹⁴ When they came to the crowd, a man came to Him and knelt before Him, saying, ¹⁵ “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

¹⁷ Then Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” ¹⁸ Jesus rebuked the demon, and he came out of him. And the child was healed instantly.

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

²⁰ Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. And nothing will be impossible for you.

The Healing of a Boy With an Unclean Spirit^(A)

³⁷ The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a great crowd met Him. ³⁸ Suddenly a man cried out from the crowd, saying, “Teacher, I beg You, look upon my son, for he is my only child. ³⁹ A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth, and bruises him, and scarcely leaves him. ⁴⁰ I begged Your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”

⁴¹ Jesus said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

⁴² While he was coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and returned him to his father. ⁴³ And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.

Jesus Foretells His Death a Second Time^(B)

But while everyone marveled at all the things Jesus did, He said to His disciples,